ID: 5131
Date of birth : 1872
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Jón Matthíasson was born in Strandasýsla on May 4, 1872.
Spouse: Stefanía Kristinsdóttir b. September 17, 1875 in Wisconsin, d. May 30, 1939.
Children: 1. Matthías b. October 30, 1901 2. Kristinn b. June 2, 1903 3. Margrét b. October 28, 1904 4. Aðalbjörg b. November 26, 1906 5. Guðrún, twin, b. September 8, 1908 6. Katrín (Kathryn) b. September 8, 1908 7. Oddur Ingvald b. May 24, 1911 8. Bjarni b. June 15, 1913 9. Ólöf Sigurbjörg b. November 26, 1916 10. Sigrún Friðrikka b. December 29, 1918.
Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885 with his mother, Guðrún Bjarnadóttir, and younger brother. They settled in the Garðar Settlement in 1886 and Jón lived there the rest of his life.