Valgerður Björnsdóttir

ID: 5487
Date of birth : 1828
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1916

Valgerður Björnsdóttir was born on September 9, 1828 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on December 11, 1916 in Utah. She took the name Valgerdur Gudmundson Jameson in Utah.

Spouse: November 12, 1853 Eyjólfur Guðmundsson b. October 11, 1829 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Utah September 19, 1913. He took the name Eyjolfur Jameson in Utah.

Children: 1. Ögn b. 1854, d. 1949 2. Eygerður b. 1855, d. 1885 3. Auðrósa b. 1857, 1941 4. Sigurbjört b. 1858, d. 1859 5. Guðmunda (Minnie) b. 1859, d. 1955 6. Bjarnlaug b. 1861, d. 1942 7. Guðmundur b. 1862, d. 1955 8.  Fróði b. 1864, d. 1864 9. Ketill b. 1865, d. 1917 10. Númi b. 1867, d. 1867 11. Eyjólfur b. 1870, d. 1934 12. Björn b. 1872, died in N. Dakota 1884. Ögn did not go west.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883, moved south to Pembina, N. Dakota, west to Helena, Montana and finally on to Spanish Fork, Utah. Eyjólfur got on well with a large family and was popular with Icelanders in Utah. He was knowledgeable, wrote a lot and sang, and gave many good medical advice. Worked in carpentry. Although they were baptized in the Mormon Church in the West, the day came when the couple no longer felt at home, resigned from the Mormon Church, and joined the Icelandic Lutheran congregation in Spanish Fork.