ID: 18828
Born west
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : N. Dakota
Date of death : 1946
Bjarni Friðriksson and Helga Stefánsdóttir Photo: RbQ
Bjarni Friðriksson was born in N. Dakota in 1882. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1946. He had the name Bjarni F. Bjarnason in the west.
Spouse: Helga Stefánsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1882, d. 1963.
Children: 1. Friðrik b. 1908 2. Rúna b. 1911.
Bjarni was the son of Friðrik Bjarnason and Mildfríður Árnadóttir who came west in 1874 to Ontario, Canada. They settled in New Iceland in 1875 and moved in 1881 to N. Dakota. Later, in 1906, they took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan located in the Wynyard area.