Björn Björnsson Photo: VÍÆ I
Björn Björnsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on May 17, 1881.
Spouse: June 22, 1910 Jóna Björg Högnadóttir b. at Laufás in the Lundar settlement in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Björn Högni b. December 3, 1910 2. Guðmundur Eiríkur b. August 15, 1914 3. Magnús b. June 11, 1918 4. Guðný Margrét b. December 16, 1920 5. Sigrún Petra b. September 9, 1922 6. Lára Ásthildur b. February 11, 1925 7. Þorvaldur Stefán b. June 24, 1931.
Björn’s parents were Björn Austmann and Jónína Guðmundsdóttir in Lundar. Jóna Björg was the daughter of Högni Guðmundsson and Guðrún Guðný Jónsdóttir, pioneer settlers at Laufás in the Lundar settlement. Björn grew up in the Icelandic East (Austurland) but at age 20 came to the West with his parents in 1901. He lived in Garðar, N. Dakota for seven years, then his road led him north to the Lundar settlement where he lived after that. He was a farmer.