ID: 2674
Date of birth : 1879
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Lárus Bjarni Rafnsson Photo:VÍÆ I
Lárus Bjarni Rafnsson was born at Akranes in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on February 3, 1879. He took the last name Nordal in the west.
Spouse: 1902 Rósa Davíðsdóttir b. November 9, 1866 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla d. 1948.
Children: 1. Anna Karólína b. September 6, 1902.
Lárus came west across the sea to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 where he spent the next four year building houses. They moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and took land near Leslie. There they farmed for 32 years, but in 1937 they moved to Gimli, Manitoba. Rósa came west to Manitoba in 1893.