Margrét Sigríður Bjarnadóttir was born on August 31, 1824 in Fellasel in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in Manitoba in 1896.
Spouse: Jón Björnsson b. in Fnjóskadal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 20, 1832, d. in Baldur, Manitoba on August 27, 1918.
Children: 1. Kristján b. September 29, 1854, d. March 30, 1919 2. Jónína Þuríður b. August 7, 1854, d. 1887 3. Arngrímur b. May 5, 1858, d. January 24, 1928 4. Jón b. August 9, 1860, d. 1917 5. Kristín Sigríður b. March 3, 1862, d. 1886 6. Björn b January 13, 1864, d. 1885 7. Halldór Geir b. June 26, 1867 8. Tómas Hermann b. February 12, 1870.
They emigrated in 1879 and went to New Iceland, but life’s road led them to Winnipeg. They moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1886, did not own land, but lived in Baldur.