ID: 12923
Date of birth : 1837
Date of death : 1883
Bergþóra Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Bergþóra Jónsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla on October 4, 1837. She died in Gimli on October 14, 1883.
Spouse: Ásmundur Þorsteinsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on February 7, 1842, d. in Selkirk, Manitoba on September 29, 1927. He had the last name Brown in the west.
Children: 1. Jónína b. 1865, d. September 22, 1948 2. Solveig b. 1869 3. Kristín b. October 1, 1870, d. November 5, 1919 4. Þorsteinn b. November 2, 1872 5. Þuríður b. 1876.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba and took land in the south of the Víðirnes settlement which they called Fenhring. They moved from there to Dvergastein in the same settlement in 1881 and lived there for a few years. From there, the road led them to Selkirk.