ID: 3485
Date of birth : 1845
Date of death : 1931
Þorbergur Fjeldsted was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on January 26, 1845. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on October 2, 1931.
Spouse: Helga Guðmundsson b. 1853 in Mýrasýsla, d. 1887. It is unclear where she died.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1872 2. Halldóra b. 1874 2. Guðrún b. 1875 3. Helga b. 1877 4. Runólfur b. 1879 5. Ragnheiður b. 1882 6. Helgi b. 1884 7. Ásgeir b. June 27, 1885. With Arnfríður: 1. Anna Magnea 2. Helga Arnbjörg.
He came west in 1887. Þorbergur was alone with six children in Winnipeg until Arnfríður Magnúsdóttir, widow, became his housekeeper in 1903. They moved to Mikley were Þorbergur became a lighthouse keeper for 16 years. They then moved to Selkirk where they lived after that.