Jón Hafliðason Photo: VÍÆ I
Jón Hafliðason was born in Gullbringusýsla on November 5, 1884. He took the last name Haflidason in the west.
Spouse: 1) May 5, 1906 Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir b. January 2, 1884 2) Guðrún Bjarnadóttir b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla, January 1, 1888, d. August 9, 1957.
Children: With first wife: 1. Gróa 2. Agnes b. December 20, 1907. With second wife: 1. Orwell Bjarni b. November 28, 1915 2. Ronald Sigurður b. January 14, 1919 3. Ingunn Lorraine b. 1920, d. 1926 4. Magnea Bernice b. November 6, 1921 5. Eileen b. May 24, 1927 6. Jón Willroy b. May 17, 1929.
Jón and Guðrún came west to Winnipeg in 1908, Guðrún Bjarnadóttir traveled there with her parents, Bjarni Þórarinsson and Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir about the turn of the century. Jón worked as a carpenter in Winnipeg.