ID: 1460
Date of birth : 1832
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1924
Ólafur Jónsson was born in Árnessýsla on July 10, 1832. He died in Saskatchewan on June 26, 1924.
Spouse: Valgerður Felixdóttir b. June 25, 1835, d. March 26, 1926.
Children: 1. Hallfríður b. 1861 2. Guðbjörg b. April 9, 1870 3. Valgerður b. 1872 4. Kristján b. June 18, 1873 5. Hallbera b. 1876 6. Ólafur b. 1880 7. Ólafía b. 1882. Not all came west.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886. Their road led them to the Hallson settlement in N. Dakota where they took land. They moved to another farm near Walhalla, N. Dakota. From there they headed north to Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1902. In 1905 they moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan with their son Kristján who took land in the Foam Lake settlement.