ID: 12469
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Jón Jónasson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 27, 1864. He took the last name Melsteð in the west.
Spouse: April 23, 1885 Elín Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir b. 1860 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: 1. Axel Ingimar b. 1887 2. Albína Kristín Hólmfríður 3. Jón Sigurvin 4. Kristján Lífmann Guðlaugur.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889 and took land in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. They named the farm Nýjabæ.