ID: 14414
Date of birth : 1893
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1971
Kristbjörg Bergvinsdóttir was born in 1893 in S. Múlasýsla. She died in Washington on June 20, 1971. She took the name Bertha Thorlakson in the west.
Spouse: Jón Sigurðsson b. March 6, 1884 in Iceland, d. November 22, 1979 in Kitsap County in Washington.
Children: 1. Fay b. March 5, 1914 2. Mary 3. John b. March 27, 1915 4. Bergvin b. May 24, 1916, d. January 12, 1998 in Seattle 5. Sigurður b. November 27, 1918 6. Marjorie b. 1924.
Kristbjörg came west in 1903 with her parents, Bergvin Þorláksson and Sigurveig Gunnarsdóttir. They settled in Minneota, Minnesota and Kristbjörg lived there until she went west to the Pacific coast. Her husband, Jón, was a carpenter.