Páll Jónsson

ID: 7976
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla

Back row Jón, Magnúsína Sigurrós and Anna Þorbjörg. Hjörný in front of Jón and Arnfríður standing between her parents. Snjólaug is probably holding Vigfús. Photo Private Collection 

Páll Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1861. Paul Johnson in North America.

Spouse: 1890 Snjólaug Jóhannsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1868.

Children: 1. Jón Hólm 2. Magnúsína Sigurrós 3. Anna Þorbjörg 4. Hjörný Jóhanna 5. Arnfríður Halldóra 6. Vigfús Hólm 7. Guðmundur Sófónías Hólm

Páll and Snjólaug emigrated to America in 1891 and went to N. Dakota. After some time they moved to Qu’Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan where they lived for four years. From there they moved east to the Brown Settlement in Manitoba where they resided the next five years. From there they crossed the border into N. Dakota but eventually found their place in the Kandahar Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1910.