Þorlákur F Björnsson was born in Nýhaga in New Iceland on July 18, 1878.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir b. February 17, 1876 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Lilja Anna b. November 7, 1907 2. Magnús Páll b. February 27, 1910 3. Jóhannes Þórður b. May 8, 1913
Þorlákur’s parents, Friðbjörn Björnsson and Anna S. Árnadóttir, came west to Ontario, Canada in 1873. They were in Parry Sound the first years, but moved to New Iceland in 1875 where Þorlákur was born. Life’s road took them next to Mountain, N. Dakota in 1881. Þorlákur graduated from agricultural school in Fargo in 1901. He moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and first settled near Leslie. He farmed until 1929, after which he became a merchant. He moved to Wynyard in 1946. Ingibjörg came west with her parents, Stefán Hafliðason and Lilja Jónsdóttir, in 1888 to New Iceland in Manitoba. From there they moved to Vatnabyggð around 1906 and settled near Wynyard.