Þorgerður Jónsdóttir and Guðjón Jónsson Photo: VÍÆII
Þorgerður Jónsdóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on August 22, 1899.
Spouse: June 19, 1920 Guðjón Jónsson b. in S. Múlasýsla on January 3, 1893, d. in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) on November 7, 1962.
Children: 1. Guðfinna Gunnhildur b. July 29, 1921 2. Jón Gunnsteinn b. April 18, 1923 3. Sigurlaug Rebekka b. October 11, 1925 4. Sveinn Debs b. June 4, 1928 5. Guðjón Eugene b. February 17, 1933 6. Eric Carlyle Thor b. January 4, 1938 7. Þorgerður Joyce Dianne b. October 30, 1841
Guðjón came to the West in 1905, with his father, Jón Jónsson and his second wife, Arndís Guðmundsdóttir. They settled in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan where Guðjón grew up and later became a farmer in the countryside near Elfros. Þorgerður was the daughter of Jón Jóhannsson and Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir, who came west in 1905 and took land in Vatnabyggð near Elfros.