ID: 11444
Date of birth : 1840
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1913
Jón Guðmundsson was born in 1840 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Yellow Medicine County on April 13, 1913 of heart failure. He took the name John Westdal in Minnesota.
Spouse: Sigríður Benediktsdóttir b. 1848, d. 1885.
Children: 1. Margrét b. October 18, 1869 2. Stefan Þorsteinn b. June 21, 1873 3. Jóna Járngerður b. March 5, 1875 4. Guðný Matthildur b. January 8, 1880; d. 1912. 5. Þóra b. c1884.
They emigrated west to Minnesota in 1880 and settled in the Lincoln County Settlement near Minneota. Sigríður’s parents also emigrated to Minnesota and were living with the family in the 1885 census. Jon moved to Minneota after Sigríður died and was living with his son when he died.