ID: 19973
Born west
Patronella Björnsdóttir was born in Manitoba at either Big Point or Winnipegosis. She had the name Crawford in the west.
Spouse: Óskar Gunnar Gunnarsson b. at Red Deer Point, Manitoba on March 18, 1898.
Children: 1. Norma Sigríður b. March 16, 1930 2. Búi Oscar b. November 27, 1921.
Patronella was the daughter of Björns Sigurðsson Crawford and Sigríður Pétursdóttir who came west from Barðastrandarsýsla in 1888 and settled in Winnipegosis in 1899. Óskar was the son of Gunnars Friðriksson and Guðrún Helga Jörundsdóttir in Winnipegosis. Óskar’s and Patronella’s paths crossed in Winnipegosis from where Óskar fished in Lake Manitoba for years.