Sigurður and Sigríður Helga Photo: A Century Unfolds
Sigríður Helga Sigurðardóttir was born in Bantry, N. Dakota on September 22, 1902. She was known as Helga Wopnford in the west.
Spouse: June, 1937 Sigurður Gunnar Bergvinsson b. February 11 1904 in Minneota, Minnesota. He had the last name Wopnford in the west.
Children: 1. Marlene JoAnn b. May 12, 1938 2. Jon Bergvin b. July 4, 1939 3. Judith Jean b. August 4, 1942 4. Donna Mae b. October 2, 1948.
Sigríður Helga was the daughter of Sigurður Jónsson and Margrét Gísladóttir, who came west across the ocean in 1902 and settled in N. Dakota. Sigurður was the son of Bergvin Jónsson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir, who settled in Minnesota in 1902. Bergvin died in a railroad accident in 1912, so Sigurður Gunnar was sent to his cousin, Sigurður Hólm, in Winnipeg. He moved with his family to the Framnes settlement in 1914, a year when the future awaited him. After finishing elementary school, Sigurður went to work for farmers, later he worked in fishing and worked in the summer building houses. Sigurður and Helga farmed on their own land in the growing settlement where their children were born and grew up.