ID: 7415
Date of birth : 1870
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Ólafur Jónasson and Helga Jónasdóttir Photo FAtV
Ólafur Jónasson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla September 24, 1870.
Spouse: 1894 Helga Margrét Jónasdóttir b. 1873 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Jónas Gísli b. 1895 2. Óli 3. Eiríkur Valdimar 4. Þórey Kristín.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and moved to the Grunnavatns Settlement. They lived in various places in Manitoba for the next three years. They settled in the Árnes Settlement and called their land Djúpadal.