Einar Brynjólfsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1863. He died in Portland, Oregon in 1933. He took the last name Oddson in the west.
Spouse: 1) Jóhanna, information needed, they divorced. 2) Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on June 19, 1865, d. April 21, 1958 in Oregon in the United States.
Children: 1. Ófeigur b. about 1900 2. Chester b. October 14, 1900, d. 1973 3. Egill b. March 7, 1903, d. January 1, 1893 in California 4. Framar b. April 13, 1904 5. Rósa L. b. February 25, 1905 6. Elmar Hjálmar (Hjalmer) b. March 17, 1906 7. Ágústa (Augusta) Alice b. August 26, 1908, d. April 15, 1988 in Longview, Washington. All the aforementioned children were born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. 8. Lillian b. February 10, 1910 in Moscow, Idaho. Ingibjörg had more children born in the west with her first husband, Siggeir Jóhannsson, see his bio.
Einar was the son of Brynjólfur Oddsson and Valgerður Rafnsdóttir. Einar came west to Winnipeg in 1887 but a year later arrived Ingibjörg and Siggeir. Einar moved west to Alberta in 1889 and took land there in 1890. Instead of starting a farm, Einar worked for a while for sheep farmers in the southern part of the settlement. After a few years he went to his land near Tindastól and there he started farming and married his first wife. He and Ingibjörg moved together from the settlement west to Rossland, British Columbia and from there at the turn of the century to Idaho in the United States.