ID: 4784
Date of birth : 1835
Date of death : 1919
Herdís Gísladóttir was born in 1835 at Vestfjörðir. She died on May 5, 1919 in Seattle. She took the last name Sivertz in the west.
Spouse: 1) Karvel Kristjánsson d. before 1880 2) Þórólfur Sigurgeirsson b. in Barðastrandarsýsla on February 14, 1860, d. March 28, 1944. He took the last name Sivertz in the west.
Children: With Karvel: 1. Margrét b. 1873 2. María b. 1874 3. Karvel b. 1878.
They came west in 1887 and were first in Winnipeg. The road led them to Victoria on Vancouver Island and then Point Roberts, Washington in 1914. They bought 17 acres from his sister Sigurbjörg and lived there. Þórólfur took part in the social life of his countrymen and was the treasurer of the reading society for years.