Hans Bjering

ID: 9954
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla

Hans Bjering was born in 1846 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla.

Spouse: Friðrika Jónsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1850. She took the last name Bjering in the west.

Children: 1. Hans Friðrik b. October 7, 1873 2. Málfríður (Mary) b. 1875 3. Sveinn b. 1879 4. Anna (Annie) b. 1883 5. William b. 1885 6. Hattie b. 1888 7. Walter b. 1896.

They came west in 1879 and moved to Duluth, Minnesota. There they are listed as residents in the 1880 census and again in the 1900 census. They moved to Minneapolis before 1905 where they lived on Franklin Ave. Hans was a day laborer.