ID: 6571
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1916
Hermann Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1854. He died in Markerville, Alberta on December 11, 1916. He took the name Hillman in the west.
Spouse: Sigurlaug Margrét Ögmundsdóttir b. May 5, 1859.
Children: 1. Ólína b. November 12, 1882 2. María b. December 5, 1883, d. in N. Dakota July 8, 1888 3. Jón Rögnvaldur b. September 11, 1886 4. Jóhann Maríus b. November 15, 1888 in Cavalier, ND 5. Guðrún b. October 28, 1891 in Markerville 6. Hermann Björn b. June 13, 1896 7. Pétur Gísli b. July 19, 1900.
He came west to N. Dakota in 1887, first living in Cavalier but then moving in 1889 to Mountain. In 1891, they moved west to Markerville, Alberta. Hermann was the son of Jón Rögnvaldsson from Hóll in Skagafjordur who had come west in 1874.