ID: 7451
Date of birth : 1847
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1913
Björn Andrésson: Born in Stokkhólm in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1847. He died in 1913 in Manitoba. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: Guðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir born in Skagafjord in 1872.
Children: 1. Pétur b. June 18, 1892 in Glenboro 2. Guðlaugur b. 1906.
Björn came west in 1876 and took land in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland, where he named his farm Oddi. He then moved to High Bluff, Manitoba. In 1881, he moved to the Argyle Settlement and near the turn of the century move to Gladstone where he died. Guðbjörg came west with her mother Þórunn Jónsdóttir and brother Stefán in 1876.