ID: 13276
Date of birth : 1862
Date of death : 1948
Jóna K Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Jóna Kristín Jónsdóttir was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1862. She died in Blaine, Washington in 1948.
Spouse: Sigurjón Björnsson b. at Stórabakki in Tunguhreppur in N. Múlasýsla in 1873.
Children: 1. Guðrún Þorbjörg b. May 7, 1894 2. Björg Elísabet b. August 28, 1895 3. Björn b. April 30, 1897 4. Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir was Jóna’s daughter b. 1885.
They came west in 1903 to Winnipeg. They lived there until 1909 then moved onto land in the Hóla settlement. They retired from farming and moved to Winnipeg in 1913, opened a dairy west of the city, and ran it successfully for two years. They then moved back to their land in the Hóla settlement and sold it in 1926 and went to Winnipeg and then west to Blaine soon after.