ID: 3647
Date of birth : 1828
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1904
Einar Jónsson was born in 1828 in Mýrasýsla. He died in N. Dakota in 1904. He took the last name Hnappdal in the west.
Spouse: Halla Jónsdóttir b. 1825 in Mýrasýsla, d. 1885.
Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1856 2. Guðjónína b. April 14, 1859, d. October 29, 1913 3. Jón.
Einar emigrated west alone to Ontario, Canada in 1874. Halla emigrated with the children in 1876. They moved east to Marklands, Nova Scotia that year and lived in Fljótsbrekka until 1881 when they moved to Winnipeg. They lived there for two years before they moved to the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota.