ID: 18850
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : N.Þingeyjarsýsla
Jón Jónsson was born in 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the name Jon Jonasson in the west.
Spouse: Ágústa Jóhannesdóttir b. 1871 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Þorbergur (Beggi) b. 1897, d. 1923 2. Ástfríður (Ada) b. 1898, d. 1966 3. Wilhelm (Bill) b. 1902, d. 1978 4. Lára b. 1907 5. Þorsteinn b. 1911, d. 1957.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba about 1890 and first lived in Cypress River. They moved to the Lundar Settlement after 1900. Jón took his grandfather’s name, Jóns Jónasson from Þjófsstöðum in Núpasveit.