Borghildur Sigmundsdóttir Photo: AOT
Borgildur Sigmundsdóttir was born on October 23, 1872 in N. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: 1889 Metúsalem Vigfússon b. at Háreksstaðir in N. Múlasýsla on June 20, 1855. He took the name Metusalem V. Peterson in the west.
Children: 1. Anna Sigrún b. in October 1890 in N. Dakota 2. Lovísa Vilborg b. 1893 in N. Dakota 3. Vilhelmína Friðrika b. in January 1897 in Minnesota 4. Pétur Vigfús b. 1899 in Minnesota 5. Páll Vilhjálmur b. about 1904 in Minnesota 6. Haraldur Björgvin b. 1915.
Borghildur came west to New Iceland in 1878 with her mother, Guðrún Einarsdóttir, and her brother Vilhjálmur. They moved from there to Mountain, N. Dakota in 1883, where Guðrún died early in 1884. Borghildur was fostered by the couple Þorlákur Jónsson and Lovísa Níelsdóttir in Mountain and their son, Björn, took in Vilhjálm as well.
Metúsalem moved to New Iceland in 1876 where he stayed for a while, then got a railroad job west of Winnipeg. He worked in various locations in Manitoba until 1880, then moved south to N. Dakota. Metúsalem and Borghildur started farming on a small piece of land southeast of Mountain, where they lived until 1896, then they settled in Roseau, Minnesota. After eleven years, Metúsalem sold his land and livestock and moved west to Blaine, Washington. They were there until 1917, when they settled in Yakima, where they grew fruit for years with their children.