Bergvin Jónsson

ID: 13098
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1936

 

Bergvin Jónsson

Bergvin Jónsson was born in Skriðuklaustri in N. Múlasýsla in 1860. He died in Winkelman, Arizona on December 29, 1936.

Unmarried.

Children: Þorsteinn Júlíus b. July 25, 1889. Mother unknown.

Bergvin emigrated west to Canada with his parents and siblings in 1876. They settled in Mikley the same year, where Bergvin worked at whatever jobs were available. He moved to Winnipeg, then moved to Seattle in 1889, and then moved up to the Klondike in 1899 where he worked for some time. He last moved to Winkelman, Arizona.