Ólína María Björnsdóttir was born on November 9, 1865 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in N. Dakota on July 1, 1924.
Spouse: 1) Egill Gíslason b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1857, d. in Hallson, N. Dakota in 1886. 2) 1888 Sigurður Andrésson b. in Rangárvallasýsla in 1855. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Children: With Egill: 1. Sveinbjörn b. December 10, 1884 in Hallson, N. Dakota 2. Guðmundur b. 1886 in Hallson. With Sigurður: 1. Andrés (Andrew) b. 1890 2. Haraldur (Harold) d. at 7 years 3. Sigríður d. at 5 years 4. Egill b. April 5, 1895 5. Vilhjálmur (Wilhelm) b. 1897 6. Gústaf Adolf 7. Valdemar 8. Haraldur b. October 22, 1906.
Egill and Ólína came west in 1876 on the same ship, he was 19 years of age, she was 10. She moved to New Iceland with her parents and siblings, but later moved to N. Dakota. Egill married Ólína there and they lived in Hallson, N. Dakota. Egill died in 1886 and Ólína married Sigurður Andrésson and he raised her children as his own. They all took the last name Anderson after that. They moved east to the Roseau Settlement Minnesota and then north to the Pine Valley Settlement in Manitoba where they lived until 1918. Then they moved back to Hallson.