ID: 12205
Date of birth : 1825
Place of birth : N. Múlasýslu
Date of death : 1903
Einar Bessason was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1825. He died in N. Dakota on May 16, 1903.
Spouse: Lilja Vigfúsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on April 27, 1824, d. November 13, 1887.
Children: 1. Anna Kristín b. 1851 2. Vigfús (Sigús??) b. 1855. Both died in Iceland.
They came west to Winnipeg in 1878 and lived in Manitoba until 1883 when they took land in the Garðar Settlement. Western sources say that a third child, and unnamed daughter had come with them and married Helgi Helgason in N. Dakota in 1890.