ID: 9557
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1925
Magnús Jónsson, Oggný Jóhannesdóttir and two of their sons Photo FLNÍ
Magnús Jónsson was born on August 13, 1842 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in 1925 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Oddný Jóhannesdóttir b. July 31, 1845.
Children: 1. Jóhannes b. August 11, 1873 2. Friðrik b. 1876 3. Geirfinnur b. February 4, 1884 4. Jón b. March 31, 1890.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and then moved on to New Iceland the same year. Oddný’s father, Jóhannes Oddsson traveled west with them. They lived in Gimli the first year and then took land in the same vicinity in 1877, naming the farm Fjón. In 1880 they moved to Winnipeg and then a year later to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota.