Sigurjón Jónsson

ID: 12594
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1935

Sigurjón Jónsson: Born at Hjarðarhaga in N. Múlasýsla in 1852. He took the name Snædal or Snidal in the west. He died in 1935.

Spouse: 1) Jónína Jónsdóttir born in Héðinshöfða in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1857. 2) Sigríður Björnsdóttir born in Hjaltastaðaþinghá in N. Múlasýsla.

Children: With Jónína: 1) Lilja Jónína d. 1935 2) J. G. Snidal, dentist in Winnipeg. With Sigríður: 1) Jónína 2) Kári 3) Sigmundur 4) Kristján

Sigurjón came west in 1876 to New Iceland. He bought land in the Argyle Settlement in 1881 and moved there. He lived on the land for a long time before later moving to Winnipeg.