ID: 19119
Born west
Date of birth : 1894
Place of birth : Duluth
Date of death : 1987
Laufey Jeanette Pálsdóttir was born on June 25, 1894 in Duluth, Minnesota. She died on March 1, 1987 in St. Louis County in Minnesota. She had the name Laufey Jeanette Bergson then Rikhus in the west.
Spouse: August 24, 1920 John Rikhus b. March 11, 1888, d. October 21, 1965.
Children: 1. William Howard b. August 24, 1920 2. Marjorie b. 1922 3. Joann b. 1925 4. Sarah Lee b. May 20, 1935
Laufey’s parents, Páll Bergsson and Sigríður Halldórsdóttir came west to Winnipeg in 1887. They moved south to Duluth in 1891 and that is where Laufey grew up. Her mother was a midwife in Ely in St. Louis County west of Duluth.