ID: 19900
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1934
Jakob Ó Briem Photo: VÍÆ IV
Jakob Ólafsson Briem was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 3, 1857. He died on January 25, 1934 in Gimli.
Unmarried and childless.
He came to Winnipeg in 1890 and first lived with his sister Rannveig and her husband Sigtryggur Jónasson until 1910. He lived here and there in Winnipeg until 1915, then moved to Betel in Gimli. He worked in education and trade in the west.