Gestur and Bergthor (Beggi) Geirhard Palsson (1901 Census has their last names as Jakobsson) were brothers. Their parents were Pall Sveinbjorn Jakobsson and Sigridurd Jensdottir. Gestur was born September 16, 1891 and Beggi was born in 1894. Other members of their family were Johanna, Thorstein, and Matthildur.Most of their lives were spent on Hecla Island, fishing and farming. Gestur married Anna Bogadottir Signurgeirsson, and Bergthor married Helen Johnson.
My Dad once told a story about an event in the Steinnes house. "The seniors of the household, Gestur, Beggi and Helen collected animals of all kinds from time to time and I awoke one morning with a goat standing over me in the bedroom, with one foot on each side of my head. It had climbed on top of the rear porch by way of the nearby woodpile and from there around two sides of the house on the verandah roof, and into my open window. Unfortunately, for the goat, a short time later when Gestur went to the kitchen one morning, (he was usually the first one up) the goat was on the table with one foot in the sugar bowl and the other in the cream jug. I don't know what happened to the goat after that."
Many families made their lives on Hecla Island. In the 1970's, the government turned part of the Island into a provincial park. Many families had to leave the Island, and the Palsson family went to Riverton. The old house Steinnes house was destroyed. Gestur and Beggi passed away shortly after they moved to Riverton, Manitoba.
Resources :
Mikley The Magnificent Island, Treasures of Manitoba Hecla Island 1876-1976.
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