ID: 13241
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1952
Jórunn Jónsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on April 22, 1868. She died in Saskatchewan on May 2, 1952.
Spouse: Torfi Jónsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on June 28, 1866, d. December 27, 1936.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1893 2. Kristín b. 1894. 3. Stefanía b. 1895 4. Jónína 5. Anna 6. Jón 7. Skúli 8. Stefán
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1894 and settled in the Grunnavatn Settlement. They moved from there in 1908 and bought Stefán Ólafsson’s land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. They lived in the Foam Lake community. Coming west with them were Jórunn’s mother, Kristín Björnsdóttir, and Jórunn’s sister Ingibjörg, 16 years old.