Helga Jónasdóttir

ID: 2706
Date of birth : 1895

Daughter Anna had ten children with her husband Emil Einarsson. Jón and Helga are seated in front with the grandchildren all around. Photo: WtW

Helga Jónasdóttir was born on November 23, 1895 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla.

Spouse: 1921 Jón Þorkell Árnason b. in Reykjavík in 1888, d. in Oak Point, Manitoba in 1967.

Children: 1. Anna b. 1921.

Helga came west to Winnipeg in 1911 with her parents, Jónas Íkaboðsson and Anna Sveinbjarnardóttir. Jón came west to Manitoba in 1911 and worked with Helgi Einarsson in Steep Rock on the northern side of Lake Manitoba. Helga came there and stayed with her sister Halldóra and her husband, Sigurður Þorsteinsson. Jón and Helga moved to Oak Point on the eastern side of Manitoba.