ID: 5055
Date of birth : 1885
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1954
Guðbjörg Hjaltveig Jónsdóttir was born on October 28, 1885 in Strandasýsla. She died in Blaine, Washington on September 22, 1954. She had the name Bertha Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Barney Johnson in Blaine, Washington, information on him is needed.
Childless.
Guðbjörg came west in 1883 with her parents, Jón Guðmundsson and Sigríður Hjaltadóttir. Coming west with them was her grandfather, Hjalti Hjaltason, his wife and children. They all went to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan where her father died shortly after arriving. When Guðbjörg was old enough, she started working for herself and moved to Vancouver. There she met her husband.