Geirmundur Bjarnason

ID: 9762
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla

Geirmundur Bjarnason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1868. He took the last name Olgeirson in the west.

Spouse: Þórdís Guðrún Davíðsdóttir b. 1872 in Húnavatnssýsla.

Children: 1. Anna b. 1894 2. Guðrún b. 1895, d. 1919 3. Þórdís Áróra  b. 1896 4. Elízabet b. April 9, 1898 5. Lilja Aldís b. 1899 6. Róbert b. 1904 7. Sigríður Björg b. 1908 8. Davíð Louis b. 1910 9. Einar Sigurður b. 1912 10. Olgeir Bjarni b. 1914 11. Sigrún b. June 29, 1916, twin 12. Björn b. June 29, 1916.

Geirmundur was the son of Bjarni Olgeirsson and Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir who came west in 1879. They first settled in New Iceland, but then moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1881. Geirmundur lived there the rest of his life. Þórdís came west in 1876 with her parents, Davíð Jónsson and Þórdís Guðmundsdóttir. They were first in New Iceland, but later moved to N. Dakota.