Jón Hildibrandsson Photo Brot
Guðlaug Einarsdóttir Photo Brot
Jón Hildibrandsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on May 30, 1846. He died in New Iceland on December 3, 1924.
Spouse: December 24, 1878, Rev. Páll Þorláksson married them in Hnausa; Guðlaug Einarsdóttir b. April 14, 1851 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in New Iceland on August 9, 1907.
Children: 1. Einar b. 1876, baptized by Páll Þorláksson, d. November 1, 1877 2. Hildibrandur b. in Winnipeg January 15, 1885 3. Einar b. 1889, d. 1907 4. Sigfús b. in Hnausa on July 20, 1891.
Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876,travelling with Guðlaug and her parents, Einar Guðmundsson and Jarþrúður Guðmundsdóttir. All of them went on to the Hnausa settlement in New Iceland, where Jón and Guðlaug began farming. They moved to Winnipeg in 1880 and Jón worked in carpentry for the next seven years. They returned to New Iceland in 1888 and settled in the Icelandic River Settlement where they lived thereafter.