ID: 13677
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Jón Jónasson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1888. He took the last name Svindal in the west.
Spouse: Bertha of German descent, b. in Iowa.
Children: Donald R. b. 1925. Bertha had two other children, Earl and Mabel, who also took the name Svindal.
Jón came west to Minnesota in 1893 with his parents, Jónas Jónsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir. They settled in Lyon County in Minnesota.