ID: 2538
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1925
Halldór B Jónsson was born on June 11, 1852 in Gullbringusýsla. He died on November 17, 1925.
Spouse: November 12, 1880 Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir b. August 31, 1848, d. May 6, 1937.
Children: 1. Twins were born on the Atlantic on July 25, 1881 1. Halldór Thomas 2. Victoria Nevada. They died shortly after arriving in Utah 3. Margrét Mary b. 1883, d. 1974 4. Anna b. 1886, d. 1890 5. Jónína b. 1888, d. 1937 6. Jóhanna b. 1891, d. 1963 7. Moses Freeman b. 1894, d. 1918.
Halldór and Þórunn emigrated west in 1881 and lived in Spanish Fork, Utah. Halldór worked in a sawmill, but in addition, he farmed on land he had bought. Their children were educated and their daughters Margrét and Jóhanna both graduated from Teachers College, University of Utah.