Björg Auðunardóttir and her daughter Kristjana Photo: IRS
Björg Auðunsdóttir was born in Mýrasýsla on April 9, 1858. She died on May 10, 1940 in Riverton in New Iceland.
Spouse: 1) December 15, 1890; Hallbjörn Þorvaldsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla 1861. They divorced. 2) July 21, 1895 Benedikt Kristjánsson b. 1846 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on November 11, 1925.
Children: With Hallbjörn: 1.Þóra Sigurbjörg b. in Mjóafjörður on October 3, 1885 2. Kristjana (Jana) b. in Mjóafjörður on September 4, 1887. With Benedikt: 1. Friðhólm Valdimar b. May 7, 1894 2. Benedikt Kristján b. 1895.
Björg came to the west with Kristjana in 1892 and went to Manitoba. There her path took them to the Fljóts settlement, where she and Benedikt started farming together.