ID: 1886
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1879
Jón Sigurðsson was born in 1852 in Gullbringusýsla. He took the last name Voger in the west. He drowned in Lake Winnipeg on July 1, 1879.
Spouse: Guðlaug Magnúsdóttir b. 1853.
Children: 1. Guðjón b. 1874.
Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876. With him was his housekeeper, Guðlaug Magnúsdóttir b. 1853. Guðjón was their son. Jón took land in the Arnes Settlement and named it Vatnsnes. Jón was the oldest son of Oddný Hannesdóttir who emigrated west with Jón’s seven siblings.