ID: 19459
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Jónas Símonarson was born at Gönguskörðum in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1846.
Spouse: Jakobína Hallgrímsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1855
Children: 1. Árelíus 2. Ingibaldur 3. Fjóla. Jakobína had a son, Gestur Valdimarsson, with her first husband. Gestur married Hólmfríður Jónsdóttir and lived in Glenboro. Jónas had a daughter, Guðrún, with his first wife. She lived in Winnipeg.
Jónas came to the Hóla Settlement in its early days and took land. He was the brother of Símon in the Argyle Settlement. He died in the community.