ID: 14415
Jón Jónsson: Born in N. Múlasýsla in 1843. He took the last name Benjaminsson after 1890. He died on July 18, 1922 in Yellow Medicine County, MN.
Spouse: Katrín Björnsdóttir b. July 16, 1830 in S. Múlasýsla. She died on March 7, 1898 and is buried in the Westerheim Pioneer Cemetery in Lyon Co., MN.
Children: Katrín had two children with her first husband, Bjarni Bjarnason of Hof in Fellum: 1. Björn b. Jul. 19, 1857; d. May 19, 1895 2. Jón b. 1863.
Jón and Katrín emigrated west in 1878 and settled in Yellow Medicine County, calling their farm Hólaland. Jón lived with Ingjaldur Árnason and his wife in later years.