Hallbjörg Bergsdóttir

ID: 19332
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1981

Hallbjörg Bergsdóttir was born on April 13, 1882 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. She died in 1981 in Lyon County in Minnesota. She took the name Bertha Holm in Minnesota.

Spouse: 1906 Sigurður Snorri Jóhann Þorláksson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 2, 1877. He died in Marshall, Minnesota on May 31, 1960. He took the name Johann S. Johnson or Joe Johnson in the west.

Children: 1. Earl Jon b. January 19, 1907 2. Harold Emil b. August 28, 1910 3. Ásdís (Daisy) b. March 30, 1914 4. Mabel Steinunn b. April 6, 1915 5. Ruby b. June 26, 1920 6. Ruth b. June 26, 1920 d. 1930.

Sigurður came west to Minnesota in 1901 and lived the longest in Marshall in Lyon County. Hallbjörg was the daughter of Bergur Hallsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir. She had come west in 1898 and settled in Lincoln County.