Bjarni Ólafsson

ID: 14493
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla

Bjarni Ólafsson: Born in Gullbringusýsla said to be in 1846.

Spouse: He had two wives. 2) Solveig Guðmundsdóttir b. 1853, d. in March, 1903 in the Geysir Settlement.

Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1876.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. They lived there until 1889 when they bought land in the Geysir Settlement, naming the land Gullbring. Bjarni hired a widow, Sigríður Stefánsdóttir, and she inherited his estate. This indicates that his daughter Guðrún died young in the west.