Bjarni Bjarnason was born in Strandasýsla on June 15, 1848. He died in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota on September 26, 1901.
Spouse: September 29, 1878 Sigríður Jóhanna Samúelsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on August 14, 1848, d. in N. Dakota December 16, 1923.
Children: 1. Kristín b. June 27, 1879 in Strandasýsla 2. Guðbrandur b. in Iceland August 14, 1880, d. 1938 in Grafton, ND 3. Guðlaug b. August 14, 1883 on the ship in the Atlantic Ocean 4. Margrét b. August 27, 1886 4. Albert b. January 17, 1889, twin 5. Kristjana Anna b. January 17, 1889, d. in the first year 6. Kristjana Anna b. March 22, 1892.
They emigrated west to Canada in 1883, took a train from Quebec to Pembina, N. Dakota. Kristján, Sigríður’s brother, waited there, and he moved the family to Garður where he lived. (He had emigrated west in 1878.) Bjarni took land south of Garðar and built a two-room log house where the youngest children were born.