ID: 1510
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : V. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1890
Gróa Þorláksdóttir was born on May 3, 1865 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. She died in Utah on February 16, 1890 after childbirth. She took the name Gran Bearnson in the west.
Spouse: January 12, 1887 Júlíus Jónsson b. July 1, 1861 d. in Salt Lake City on December 9, 1935. He took the name Julius Jon Bearnson in the west. Júlíus was the son of Jón Bjarnason and he took his father’s last name.
Children: 1. Júlíus Benedikt b. October 20, 1887, d. October 17, 1959 2. Joseph b. February 6, 1890, d. March 7, 1890.
Gróa emigrated west to Utah with her foster mother, Guðrún Jónsdóttir, in 1874 and settled in Spanish Fork. Júlíus became a Mormon on June 2, 1883 and emigrated to Utah the same year. He and Gróa settled in Scofield.