Top row: Kristjan Valdimar, Gunnar Bjorn, Edvard Hjalmar, Jon Henrik. Sitting: Helga Sigridur, Gunnar, Ingibjörg and Stefania
Gunnar B. Björnsson was born August 21, 1872 in Nordur-Mulasysla. Died September 15, 1957. Bjornson in America.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Ágústína Jónsdóttir born August 13, 1878 in Dalasysla. Died August 19, 1949. Hördal or Hordal in Canada.
Children: 1. Edward Hjalmar b. March 18, 1904 2. Kristjan Valdimar b. August 29, 1906 3. Gunnar Bjorn b. June 23, 1908 4. Halldora b. 1910; d. 1910 5. Helga Sigridur b. January 6, 1912 6. Stefania Adalbjorg b. December 28, 1916 7. Jon Henrik b. February 9, 1919.
Gunnar emigrated to America with his mother, Kristín Benjamínsdóttir in 1876. They arrived in Duluth in Minnesota and from there to the Minneota area. Ingibjörg emigrated from Iceland with her parents in 1883. They settled in the Thingvalla settlement west of Manitoba. After her mother’s passing in 1890, the family moved to Winnipeg and lived there. Gunnar was the newspaper editor of the “Minneota Mascot”. The family later moved to St. Paul, where he served as the Honorary Icelandic Consul in Minneapolis.