Einar Jónsson

ID: 3843
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1949

Einar Jónsson was born on August 2, 1864 in Dalasýsla. He died in N. Dakota on January 30, 1949. He took the last name Breiðfjörð in the west.

Spouse: Guðný Jónasdóttir b. 1874 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. January 1, 1950 in N. Dakota.

Children: 1. Þuríður Guðbjörg b. 1894 in Iceland, died shortly after coming west 2. Vilhelm Steinn 3. Málfríður b. November 27, 1903 4. Ásta b. 1909, d. 1918.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1894. They moved from there to the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota, then moved to the Álftárdals Settlement in 1901 and lived there until 1915. They then moved south to N. Dakota and settled in Upham.