Jón Friðfinnsson

ID: 15017
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1836

Jón Friðfinnsson: Born August 16, 1865 at Þorvaldsstöðum in Breiðdal in S. Múlasýsla. He died on December 16, 1936 in Winnipeg.

Spouse: November, 22, 1887  Anna Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. June 14, 1867 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. August 27, 1940.

Children: 1. Friðfinnur (Fred) b. December, 28, 1888 2. Vilhjálmur (William) b. January 7, 1890 3. Jónína Lilja b. October, 1892 4. Halldóra b. October 26, 1893 5. Emilía (Emily) b. November 26, 1894 6. Friðsteinn b. April 29, 1896, d. June 2, 1927 7. Kristján (Chris) b. June 11, 1898, d. November 10, 1938 8. Wolfgang (Walter) b. March 6, 1902, d. February 28, 1956.

Jón came west with his parents in 1876.  He lived with them in New Iceland and moved with them to the Argyle Settlement in 1882. He homesteaded in the Argyle Settlement in 1886. Jón and Anna moved to Winnipeg in 1903.