Páll Bergsson

ID: 8044
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1920

Páll Bergsson was born on February 18, 1858 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Iceland on April 28, 1920.

Spouse: 1) 1885 Sigríður Halldórsdóttir b. April 25, 1864 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. May 13, 1934 in Duluth. They divorced. 2) Guðrún Bjarnadóttir in Iceland.

Children: With Sigríður: 1. Sigríður b. 1886, d. 1890 in Winnipeg 2. Guðrún Margrét b. January 26, 1889, d. 1890 in Winnipeg 3. Gunnlaugur b. January 26, 1889 4. Axel b. 1890, d. 1890 5. Axel Francis b, March 23, 1892 6. Laufey Jeanette b. June 25, 1894, d. March 1, 1987 7. Snæbjörn b. November 15, 1896 8. Skúli b. August 25, 1904.

They came west to Winnipeg in 1887 and lived there until 1891. That year they moved south to Duluth, Minnesota where Páll ran a dairy farm. He moved to Iceland in 1908 and lived in Reykjavík. Sigríður continued the operation of the dairy farm with the help of her sons.