ID: 3933
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1947
Jónas Jóhannsson was born in 1854 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in Bellingham, Washington on February 22, 1947. He took the name Jonas J. Laxdal in the west.
Spouse: Guðríður Daníelsdóttir b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on February 9, 1857, d. June 2, 1944 in Bellingham
Children: 1. Jóhanna b. 1889 2. Kristján G. b. 1894 3. Daníel b. 1897 4. Guðmundur b. 1899 5. Ingibjörg (Emma) b. 1890 6. Lily b. 1892 7. Albert b. 1895.
They came west in 1882 and first moved to Winnipeg, then moved south to Minnesota in 1892 and settled in Roseau County. Their farm in Dieter Township in Roseau County was doing poorly, and in 1906 they returned to Winnipeg. They moved west after some years to the Pacific and settled in Washington where they lived in Whatcom County.