ID: 19326
Born west
Date of birth : 1884
Place of birth : Riverton
Date of death : 1972
Björn Ólafsson was born on February 10, 1884 in Riverton, Manitoba. He died in the nursing home Höfn in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 13, 1972.
Spouse: April 24, 1909 Þuríður Jóhannesdóttir b. March 20, 1885 in New Iceland, d. March 26, 1962.
Children: Information missing.
Björn was the son of Ólafur Oddsson and Kristbjörn Antoníusardóttir who lived at Fagraskógi in New Iceland, while Þuríður’s parents were Jóhannes Jónasson and Halla Jónsdóttir who came west in 1876 and lived at Jaðri in the Fljóts Settlement. Björn and Þuríður lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but by 1911 they had settled in the Víðir Settlement. Later, they lived at various places in Saskatchewan before moving west to Vancouver.