Jón Þórðarson and Sigurjóna Albertsdóttir in 1970 Photo: Hnausa Reflections
Jón Þórðarson was born in Álftartungu in Mýrasýsla on September 21, 1888. He died on February 8, 1972.
Spouse: August 22, 1910 Sigurjóna Albertsdóttir b. in the Hnausa Settlement in New Iceland on August 17, 1891, d. 1994.
Children: Sesselja Sigurrós b. November 17, 1910 2. Clara Ingibjörg b. November 8, 1912 3. Guðrún Sigríður b. May 21, 1915 4. Albert Kristján b. February 22, 1918, d. October 11, 1995 5. Þorsteinn (Stoney) b. February 17, 1920, d. March 8, 1975 6. Jónína Lillian (Loa) b. May 13, 1922, d. July 21, 1975 7. Helgi b. July 7, 1927, d. 1980. 8. Norman Valdimar b. December 20, 1929.
Jón was 11 years old when he came west with Jóhann Guðmundsson and his family in 1900. Helgi, Jón’s brother, came from Fornahvammur in the same group. He was born in 1880. Sigurjóna was the daughter of Albert Sigursteinsson and his wife Sigurrós Jónsdóttir.