Jakob Guðjónsson Photo: Hnausa Reflections
Jakob Guðjónsson was born on September 2, 1883 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Gimli on April 25, 1950.
Spouse: May 14, 1914 Guðrún Sigríður Albertsdóttir b. in the Geysir settlement on August 6, 1893, d. in Selkirk on March 27, 1965.
Children: 1. Albert b. March 10, 1915 2. Jónína Stefanía b. November 27, 1916 3. Árni b. November 17, 1922 4. Sveinn Ingiberg b. April 26, 1926, d. May 24, 1926 5. Sveinbjörg Magnúsína Violet b. January 28, 1928 6. Ástrós Helga Emily b. October 24, 1930 7. Kristinn Sigursteinn b. November 26, 1933.
Jakob went to the West in 1903 with his cousins Benedikt and Jón Halldórsson. On arriving in Manitoba, he went to the Icelandic settlement near Otto, where reports came that Magnús Magnússon, a shipowner in Breiðvík in New Iceland, needed men for fishing. Jakob went and got a job with Magnús and lived with him at Eyjólfsstaðir in the Hnausa settlement. Jakop and Guðrún Sigríður started farming and lived in Selsstaðir until the spring of 1915. Then Jakop took his own land and named his farm Jónsstaðir. They lived there after that.