ID: 4100
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Jósef Oddsson Photo: Almanak 1929
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir Photo: Almanak 1929
Jósef Oddsson was born on February 9, 1875. He took the name J. O. Magnusson in the west.
Spouse: 1901 Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. June 10, 1883 in Dalasýsla.
Children: 1. Emily 2. Lára Sigurrós 3. Katrín Margrét 4. Esther Steinunn 5. Florence Ólína 6. Alice Jónína
Jósef came west with his aunt Halldóra Jósefsdóttir and her husband in 1888. They settled in Hallson, N. Dakota where his parents and siblings had settled in 1886. Joseph lived there until the turn of the century, when he and Ingibjörg moved to Blaine, Washington. There he ran a textile shop. He later moved to Lynden, Washington, where he lived in 1960.