ID: 4807
Date of birth : 1832
Date of death : 1916
Björg Jónsdóttir was born in Reykhólasveit in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1832. She died in 1916 at Point Roberts, Washington.
Spouse: 1856 Sigurgeir Sigurðsson b. at Vatnshól in Húnavatnssýsla in 1826, d. at Point Roberts on April 27, 1910.
Children: They had 14 children, 8 were alive in 1910, four were in the West: 1. Þórólfur b. 1860 2. Kristján b. 1865 3. Sigurbjörg b. 1869 4. Bent Gestur b. 1872 5. Salómon b. 1880 d. before 1910.
Sigurgeir and Björg came west to Winnipeg in 1887 with their sons Bent Gest and Salómon. From there, their path led them west to the Pacific Ocean, where they either lived with their children in Victoria on Vancouver Island or Point Roberts.