When Sigurður Björnsson was born in 1694, in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Southern, Iceland, his father, Björn Magnússon, was 44 and his mother, Þorgerður Eiríksdóttir, was 33. He married Margrét Oddsdóttir about 1720, in Iceland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died after 1746, in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Southern, Iceland.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Sig, Arni, Berger, Birgit, Lars, Ove, Selmer, Thor.
Americanized form of Swedish Björnsson or its rare variant Björnson: patronymic from the personal name Björn (see Bjorn ).
Americanized form of Norwegian Bjørnsen, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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