ID: 13819
Date of birth : 1843
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1914
Jarþrúður Eyjólfsdóttir Photo: Hnausa Reflections
Jarþrúður Eyjólfsdóttir was born on March 4, 1843 in S. Múlasýsla. She died on January 18, 1914 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Finnur Bjarnason b. October 28, 1839 in S. Múlasýsla, d. October 25, 1914.
Children: 1. Bjarni b. September 12, 1865 2. Guðfinna b. July 2, 1868, d. November 4, 1918. 3. Ragnhildur b. 1873, d. 1876 4. Borghildur Eyjólfína b. September 20, 1879. 5. Anna Kristbjörg.
They came west in 1876 and settled in the Hnausa Settlement in New Iceland, calling their land Finnmörk. They lived there a number of years, but in 1881, they moved south to N. Dakota and took land in the Akra Settlement. In 1899, they moved back to Canada and settled in the Álftavatn Settlement in Manitoba.