Friðbjörn Stefánsson

ID: 8885
Date of birth : 1833
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla

Friðbjörn Stefánsson was born at Bakkagerði in N. Múlasýsla in 1833.

Spouse: 1) Guðný Daníelsdóttir b. 1824 in N. Múlasýsla. Information is missing on her date of death. 2) Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir b. October 3, 1829, d. October 15, 1913, she was widowed.

Children: Friðbjörn had Stefán, b. 1853 and lived at Bakkagerði with him two years in 1855.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. Western sources say Fridbjörn had lived alone in Mikley and that Stefán had gone west to the Pacific Ocean. No mention of Guðný. Guðrún accompanied them west to New Iceland.