ID: 6170
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Hjálmar Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1856. He died in Chicago on September 28, 1936 in Chicago. He took the last name Bergman in the west.
Spouse: 1) Guðfinna Aradóttir b. 1849 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Chicago in 1920. 2) Steinunn Bjarnadóttir b. 1870 in Húnavatnssýsla.
Children: With Guðfinna: 1. Harry 2. Helen. Two other children died in childhood.
Hjálmar emigrated west to the United States in 1875. He stayed in Pennsylvania until 1878 when he moved to Chicago. There Hjalmar opened a business, Bergman Smelting Works. Steinunn emigrated west about 1900.