ID: 19421
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Hallfríður and Jón’s house at 664 Ross Ave., Winnipeg. The picture shows Hallfríður from Mýri’s cousins Hallgrímur, Sigríður and Baldur. The photo was taken in 1911 and is owned by the descendants of Kristjana Jónsdóttir from Mýri.
Hallfríður Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in 1863 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: Jóhann Gottfreð Þorgeirsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1862.
Childless, but they raised two foster children: 1. Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. 1896 at Mýri 2. Guðrún H. Snorradóttir b. in Winnipeg 1886.
Hallfríður was the daughter of Jón Rögnvaldsson and Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir who came west in 1889. Hallfríður’s sister was Kristjana, wife of Jón Jónsson at Mýri. Jóhann came west alone to Winnipeg in 1882. Jóhann and Hallfríður lived in Winnipeg.