ID: 3046
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla
Date of death : 1918
Jón Ólafsson was born in 1841 in Rangárvallasýsla. He died on October 29, 1918 in Blaine.
Spouse: October 30, 1868 Geirdís Ólafsdóttir b. May 17, 1843 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. May 30, 1917 in Blaine.
Children: 1. Kristín b. June 2, 1864, d. March 12, 1955 in Blaine, Washington 2. Gísli b. October 8, 1873, d. July 28., 1962 in Prince Rupert in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada 3. Ólína b. February 10, 1877, d. February 2, 1956 4. Ólöf b. May 1, 1879, d. March 4., 1963 5. Skúli b. November 29, 1882. These children went west with their parents. Other children stayed in Iceland.
They came west to Manitoba, Canada in 1902. They settled in Selkirk and later moved west to Blaine, Washington.