Hjörtur Jónsson

ID: 3977
Date of birth : 1881
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1950

Hjörtur Bergmann Jónsson was born on July 10, 1881 in Dalasýsla. He died in Manitoba in 1950. He took the last name Hördal in the west.

Spouse Sigríður Ólafsdóttir b. 1892 in Manitoba, d. March 6, 1963 in Ashern, Manitoba. She took the last name Hördal in the west.

Children: Four daughters and three sons survived their mother, other children died.

Hjörtur came west at one year old in 1882 with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Halldóra Baldvinsdóttir, who settled in the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba. Sigríður was the daughter of Ólafur Helgason and Guðrún Daðadóttir. Hjörtur and Sigríður lived in Silver Bay on Lake Manitoba and later in Ashern.