ID: 19045
Date of birth : 1833
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1913
Margrét Jónsdóttir was born on September 30, 1833 in Húnavantssýsla, d. in New Iceland in 1913.
Spouse: Magnús Magnússon b. in Húnavatnssýsla on December 8, 1835, d. in Gimli in 1902.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1862 2. Ágúst b. 1863 3. Rósa b. 1865, d. 1914 4. Guðrún Solveig b. 1866 5. Jón b. 1869 6. Björn b. 1873. Jón and Björn did not come west.
Magnús and Margrét made the journey west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 while Ágúst had arrived there the year before. They first moved to Brandon and lived there a number of years, but later moved to the Ísafold Settlement. Magnús and Margrét moved to the Árnes Settlement and lived their last years near Gimli.