ID: 4412
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Barðastrandasýsla
Björn Sigurðsson was born in Króksfjörður in Barðastrandasýsla in 1856. He took the last name Crowford in the west.
Spouse: Sigríður Pétursdóttir b. in Reykhólasveit in Barðastrandasýsla in 1854, d. 1913 in Winnipegosis.
Children: They had 11 children, but only five born in the west reached adulthood. Born in Iceland: 1. Pétur b. 1885 2. Sigurður b. 1887 3. Sturlaugur b. 1889 died in France in 1918. Born in the west: Ragnar, Elísabet, Patronella, Sigríður and Jóhann.
They came west in 1891 and lived 3 years in Winnipeg. They lived several years at Big Point but moved from there in 1899 to Red Deer Point where they lived for seven years. They then made their way to Winnipegosis.