ID: 2754
Date of birth : 1886
Jón Magnússon Photo: VÍÆ I
Jón Magnússon was born in Mýrasýsla on October 1, 1886.
Spouse: May 14, 1822 Guðrún Ingibjörg Jakobsdóttir b. in Manitoba on October 30, 1891.
Children: 1. Robert Skúli b. May 1, 1923 2. Anna Linda b. May 11, 1926 3. Florence Ingibjörg b. June 22, 1934.
Jón was the son of Magnús Guðmundsson and Þuríður Jónasardóttir in Mýrasýsla. He moved with them to New York, eight months old, at the beginning of summer in 1887. His father died there on August 2 of that year and his mother was then sent back to Iceland with her children. Jón grew up in Mýrasýsla and in Reykjavík, where he studied carpentry. In 1913 he and his mother came west to Winnipeg where they stayed until 1916, then moved west to Seattle.