ID: 5087
Date of birth : 1870
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1946
Nýmundur Sakarías Björnsson was born on October 15, 1870 in Strandasýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on May 4, 1946. He took the last name Josefson or Josephson in the west.
Spouse: Guðný (Gertie) Þorfinnsdóttir b. April 11, 1874, d. February 14, 1946.
Children: 1. Elísabet Herdís b. December 15, 1896 2. Þóra Margrét b. December 15, 1898 3. Þorfinnur Lawrence b. May 26, 1904 4. Margrét Geirlaug b. October 25, 1906 5. Björn F b. June 25, 1909 6. Þorlákur Pétur Wilson b. January 28, 1913 7. Árni Friðrík b. March 2, 1917. 8. Kristín Sigurlaug.
Nýmundur came west with his parents in 1883 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and went on to N. Dakota. Nýmundur and Guðný moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and took land near Wynyard.