ID: 10050
Date of birth : 1828
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir Photo FLNÍ
Jón Árnason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1828.
Spouse: Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, February 9, 1830, d. in Winnipeg January 31, 1913.
Children: 1. Ari b. 1853, d. 1879 2. Guðrún b. 1857 3. Rósa b. 1863 4. Björg b. 1870, d. 1892 5. Árni b. 1872, d. 1894 6. Þorlákur b. 1874 7. Guðmundur 8. Sigríður.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and took land in the Víðirnes Settlement. They moved to Winnipeg in 1880 and lived there after.