ID: 3519
Date of birth : 1869
Date of death : 1943
Bjarni Einarsson was born on September 26, 1869 in Hnappadalssýsla. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on March 9, 1943. He took the name Bjarni Dalman in Manitoba.
Spouse: August 22, 1942 Steinunn Sigurbjörg Stefánsdóttir b. 1879 in S. Múlasýsla, d. in Lundar 1964.
Childless.
Bjarni came to the West in 1883 with his parents, Einar Þorvaldsson and Guðríður Jónsdóttir, and siblings. The parents settled in the Fljóts settlement, but at a young age Bjarni moved to Selkirk. He ran his own store for years, sat on the town council, was one of the founders of the town’s Icelandic society and its treasurer for a while. Steinunn was a widow when she met Bjarni.