ID: 7253
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1937
Thorgrimur Jonsson and Steinunn Johannsdottir Photo Brot
Þorgrímur Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla November 5, 1841. Died in New Iceland in 1937.
Spouse: 1871 Steinunn Jóhannsdóttir b. 1845 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d.1930.
Children: 1. Þorgrímur Jóhann b. 1875, d. in New Iceland in 1876 2. Sigrún Jóhanna b. in Icelandic River Settlement in 1878 3. Margrét Þóra b. 1878 (twin).
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and from there to New Iceland. They settled in Icelandic River Settlement and lived there all their lives.
A fosterchild, María Halldóra Stefánsdóttir, 6 years old, arrived with them and also young Stefan Kristjansson of 13 years.