ID: 11550
Date of birth : 1877
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1961
Ágúst Halldór Jónsson was born on April 17, 1877 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on June 8, 1961 in California. He took the name Gust Rafnson in the west.
Spouse: 1899 Margrét Jónsdóttir b. 1881 in S. Múlasýsla, d. September 30, 1941 in Hennepin County in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Jóhanna Ingibjörg b. January 11, 1901, d. March 8, 1981 in California 2. Marvin T. b. September 25, 1903 3. Halldór b. 1904 4. Sigurjóna b. 1906 5. Esther b. 1911 5. Vivian Margrét b. 1913.
Ágúst came west in 1889 with his parents, Jón Rafnsson and Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in Lyon County in Minnesota. Margrét came west in 1883 with her parents, Jón Eyjólfsson and María Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in Lincoln County in Minnesota.