ID: 8727
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Sigurður Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on April 29, 1852.
Spouse: 1) 1873 Þóra Hannesdóttir b. 1844 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. on June 6, 1899 2) 1905 Pálína Marteinsdóttir b in S. Þingeyjarsýsla 1863
Children: With Þóra: 1. Rannveig 2. William Sigurður 3. Eggert 4. Pálmi. With Pálina, Sigurður had two sons and a daughter.
Sigurður and Þóra came west to Ontario, Canada in 1874. They were part of the first group that settled in New Iceland in 1875. They took land in the Víðirnes Settlement south of Gimli and named their farm Fögruvellur. They lived there until 1886 and then moved to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. Pálína emigrated west with her daughter Helga Jónsdóttir in 1888.