ID: 10347
Date of birth : 1831
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1905
Jósef Björnsson: Born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1831. Died in 1905 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Málmfríður Hallgrímsdóttir born in the same sýsla in 1829
Children: 1) Hóseas b. 1863 2) Jósafat b. 1865 3) Helga b. 1867 4) Hallgrímur b. 1870 5) Kristján b. 1872 6) Guðrún b. 1874. 6) Hólmkell b. 1859
They came west to Manitoba in 1878 and took land in the Argyle Settlement in 1881.