ID: 6282
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1927
Valgerður Jónsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1841. She died in New Iceland on June 19, 1927.
Spouse: Sigurður Guðmundsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1844, d. April 5, 1920. He took the last name Nordal, based on Norðurárdal.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1866 2. Sigurður Halldór b. 1871 3. Björg b. 1873 4. Sigríður 5. Jón 6. Margrét 7. Jane Lock 8. Jóhannes.
They came west to Canada in 1874. They moved to Markland, Nova Scotia and there 3 of their children were born: Margrét, Jane Lock, and Jón. From there, they moved west to the plains and in 1888 settled on their land in the Geysir Settlement, which they called Norðtunga.