ID: 7232
Date of birth : 1835
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1921
Jón Pétursson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1835. Died in Alberta in 1921.
Spouse: 1860 Ingunn Ólafsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1860, d. 1912.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1859 2. Málfríður b. 1860 3. Pétur b. 1867 4. Eyjólfur b. 1868.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and headed for New Iceland. They settled in the Icelandic River Settlement but left 1880 for the Beaulieu Settlement west of Hallson in N. Dakota. Moved in 1889 to Markerville in Alberta. Jón spent his last years with his son, Jón, in Edmonton.