ID: 19496
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1915
Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir with one of her daughters. Photo: Dm
Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir was born on February 2, 1875 in Dalasýsla. She died in 1915 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Bergþór Þorvarðsson b. in Dalasýsla on January 3, 1863, d. in Pembina County, N. Dakota on May 24, 1947.
Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Kristín 3. Anna 4. Pálína 5. Þorvarður 6. Þuríður f. 1899 7. Gunnlaugur.
Bergþór and his brother Jónas came west to Winnipeg in 1870. Bergþór moved south to N. Dakota and settled in the Akra Settlement. He ran a postal service there and later, when he moved to the village of Cavalier, he opened a store.