ID: 14639
Date of birth : 1883
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1913
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1883. She died in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1913.
Spouse: Einar Magnússon b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 4, 1864, d. in the Garðar Settlement on September 28, 1942. He took the last name Melsted in the west.
Children: 1. Magnús 2. Albert 3. Vilhjálmur 4. Bjarni.
Valgerður came west to N. Dakota in 1901. Einar came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 with his mother, Elín Magnúsdóttir, and siblings. They lived in New Iceland five years, then moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1881.