ID: 10135
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1919
Björn Jósefsson was born in 1855 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on January 12, 1919.
Spouse: 1. 1888 Sigurveig Jóhannsdóttir 2. Guðný Helgadóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1872, d. in Gimli in 1949
Children: With Sigurveig: 1. Jóhann 2. Lína d. 1916. With Guðný: 1. Helgi 2. Vilhjálmur 3. Kristján 4. Málmfríður 5. Sigurveig.
Björn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876. He lived there until 1881 when he took land probably in the Argyle Settlement. He later moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and lived in the Kandahar/Dafoe area.