Hans Friðrik Bjering was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 7, 1873. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 29, 1932. He took the name Fred Bjering in the west.
Spouse: Elín Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir b. August 9, 1872, d. May 22, 1942. She took the name Ellen Thorhildur Bjering in the west.
Children: 1. Lily b. May 3, 1893 2. Henry b. May 8, 1895 3. Florence Vilhelmína b. September 22, 1901 4. June b. 1918.
Hans came west in 1879 with his parents, Hans Bjering and Friðrika Jónsdóttir, and siblings. They first went to Duluth, Minnesota. Elín came west with her mother, Vilhelmína Bjering, in 1885. Elín and Hans were cousins. They must have lived in Wisconsin, but went from there to Duluth. They were there only a short time, because Reverend Níels Steingrímur Þorláksson baptized their first child in Minneapolis in 1895 and they lived there ever after.