Petrína Magnúsdóttir Photo: WtW
Petrína Gunnhildur Magnúsdóttir was born in Lundar, Manitoba in 1889.
Spouse: December 26, 1915 Jón Pétur Bergþórsson b. in Möðrudal in N. Múlasýsla in 1883, d. February 5, 1958 in Lundar.
Children: 1. Guðrún (Runa) b. 1915 2. Ólafur (Oli) 3. Vilhelmína (Mina) 4. Albert 5. Magnús 6. Jón (John).
Petrína was the daughter of Magnús Ólafsson and Helga Jónsdóttir who came west in 1887 and settled in the Lundar Settlement. Petrína grew up in the settlement and went to school there but later she went to an agricultural school in Winnipeg. She worked various jobs in Lundar before she got married. Jón was the son of Bergþór Jónsson and Vilhelmína Eyjólfsdóttir and came west with them to Canada in 1889. Jón grew up in his father’s house in the Lundar Settlement and soon started working for himself. At a young age, he got a job at Joe Halldorson’s store in Lundar. He bought horses and a wagon, filled the wagon with all kinds of necessities from the store, and traveled to remote places by Lake Manitoba and sold goods. In the winter he used a sleigh. He usually spent a few days on the expedition and then stayed with the farmers. He later worked for the CNR railway company.