Þorvaldur Jónsson

ID: 1790
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1947

Þorvaldur Jónsson Reykdal Photo WtW

Kristín Bjarnadóttir Photo: WtW

Þorvaldur Jónsson was born on September 19, 1864 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died on July 16, 1947 in Manitoba.

Spouse: 1890 Kristín Bjarnadóttir

Children: 1. Jóhanna b. 1891, d. 1967 2. Bertha b. 1893, d. 1969 3. Christine b. 1895, d. 1949 4. Valdina b. 1897.

Þorvaldur came west in 1887 to New Jersey in the United States and there he met Kristín Bjarnadóttir. They lived there eight years, but then moved west to the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba in 1898. They took land and lived there a number of years before moving from there to Winnipeg.