ID: 7246
Single parent
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1913
Jón Hannesson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1841. He died in the Lundar Settlement on December 21, 1913.
Spouse: 1) Ósk Þorleifsdóttir b. July 13, 1844 in Dalasýsla, d. July 6, 1897. 2) Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir.
Children: With Ósk: 1. Þorleifur Vigfús b. 1871, d. March 5, 1949 2. Málmfríður Hallgerður b. September 13, 1873, d. January 4, 1965 3. Sigríður b. 1878 4. Bjarnrún b. 1880.
Jón and Ósk came west to Ontario, Canada in 1883 and first lived in Seaforth. They moved west from there to Winnipeg, Manitoba and took land in the Lundar Settlement in 1891. Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir would have left from Reykjavík.