Jón Jónsson

ID: 10375
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla

Jón Jónsson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1868.

Spouse: Dóróthea Sigurðardóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1870

Children: 1. Jón b. 1889 2. Kristján 3. Þorsteinn

They came west in 1890 and took land in the Hóla Settlement. They moved south from there shortly before 1900 to Grand Forks, N. Dakota. Geirlaug Gunnarsdóttir, Jón’s mother, travelled with them and lived with them the rest of her life.