Valgerður Helen Briem was born on January 19, 1888 in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland. She died on July 4, 1968 in Riverton. She was known as Valla H Briem in the west.
Spouse: January 16, 1913 Óli Kristinn Coghill b. in S. Múlasýsla on January 12, 1888, d. August 15, 1939 in Riverton.
Children: 1. Guðrún Olive (Lolla) b. August 2, 1913 2. Jóhanna Pearl b. November 9, 1915 3. Marinó Wilfred b. November 24, 1918 4. Valdheiður Mabel b. January 30, 1920.
Valgerður was the daughter of Jóhann Briem and Guðrún Pálsdóttir, early settlers at Grund in the Fljóts Settlement. Óli Kristinn was the son of John Coghill, a Scottish merchant in Reykjavík, and Sigríður Ólafsdóttir in S. Múlasyla. He came west in 1910 and worked in accounting for Svein Thorvaldson in the Fljóts Settlement. He later was a merchant in Riverton and ran the Coghill Meat Market there.