Þórdís Bergvinsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Þórdís Bergvinsdóttir was born on August 27, 1875 in S. Múlasýsla. She died on August 23, 1927 in Glenboro.
Spouse: Kristján Björnsson b. August 27, 1867 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Glenboro on August 10, 1934. He took the name Kristján B. Jónsson in the west.
Children: 1. Helga Sigurbjörg 2. Jósefína Þorbjörg 3. Björn b. March 13, 1898 4. Sigrún Margrét b. March 2, 1899 5. Jónína Valgerður b. October 16, 1900, d. April 22, 1942 6. Lilja b. July 6, 1903 7. Anna b. October 7, 1904 8. Jón Kristján b. February 8, 1905 9. Hermann Skafti b. May 3, 1906 10. Pálína b. June 19, 1908 11. Haraldur b. March 20, 1914 12. Carl Tryggvi b. April 24, 1918 13. Theódór b. December 18, 1920, d. in Hong Kong, December 14, 1940.
Þórdís was the daughter of Helga Runólfsdóttir and Bergvin Kristjánsson who emigrated west before 1880. Kristján came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1876 and travelled onward to New Iceland. From there, he moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1881 where he later took land and began farming. He later stopped farming and moved to Glenboro.