Bjarni Guðmundsson

ID: 4080
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1939

Bjarni Guðmundsson was born on October 26, 1855 in Mýrasýsla. He died on February 26, 1939. He took the last name Dalsted in the west.

Spouse: 1) Sigríður Gísladóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1851, d. 1886 2) Guðný Þóra Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1864, d. June 2, 1917

Children: With Sigríður: 1. Guðmundur 2. Adólf Karl, d. December 22, 1951. With Þóra: 1. Jóhann Ólafur (Óli) b. November 24, 1893 2. Þorsteinn 3. Guðrún.

Bjarni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and lived in the city for some time. He moved to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1879 and began farming.