Helga Jónsdóttir

ID: 16432
Born west
Date of birth : 1883
Date of death : 1912

Helga Jónsdóttir was born on April 10, 1883 in Argyle, Manitoba. She died on September 11, 1912 in Winnipeg.

Spouse: Friðrik Þórðarson b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 7, 1883. H took the last name Bjarnason in the west.

Children: 1. Jón Friðrik b. February 17, 1907 2. Stefanía b. February 27, 1908 3. Laura Michaelina b. May 17, 1908 4. Magnús Theodór b. June 30, 1911.

Helga was the daughter of Jón Magnússon and Stefanía Jónsdóttir in Argyle, Manitoba who came west in 1876. Friðrik was the son of Þórður Guðjohnsen, storekeeper in Húsavík and Helga Friðrika Vigfúsdóttir from Ytri-Tungu at Tjörnes. He was ten days old when he was taken in as a foster child by Reverend Jón Bjarnason and Lára Guðjohnsen. Þórður came west with them to Winnipeg in 1884. Helga and Friðrik lived their lives in Winnipeg, he worked in retail and later sold life insurance.