ID: 5828
Date of birth : 1839
Date of death : 1913
Björn Stefán Jósefsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on June 17, 1839. He died on June 21, 1913 in Winnipeg.
Spouse: Margrét Stefánsdóttir b. August 22, 1847 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in Manitoba on October 22, 1907.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1872 2. Jósef b. November 14, 1873 3. Anna Margrét b. 1875 4. Hallsteinn b. January 29, 1884
They came west to Winnipeg in 1883 and first lived in Gimli in New Iceland. Life’s road led them to N. Dakota, but in 1885 they settled in Selkirk, Manitoba, then ended up in the Hnausa Settlement in New Iceland.