ID: 10394
Date of birth : 1880
Date of death : 1958
Geir Björnsson Photo: VÍÆ I
Geir Björnsson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 11, 1880. He died in Vancouver on August 24, 1958.
Spouse: January 9, 1914 Halldóra Jónsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on July 29, 1890.
Children: 1. Jón Guðmundur b. 1915 2. Ethel Ingibjörg Guðný b/ May 27, 1919 3. Kathleen Sigurbjörg b. November 19, 1921 4. Bernice Elva b. October 24, 1924.
Geir was the son of Björn Björnsson and Guðný Valgerður Einarsdóttir who came west in 1883. They settled in Manitoba where Geir and the family lived until 1950. Then he and his wife moved to Vancouver.