ID: 13246
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1932
Jón Þorkelsson is seated; behind him are sons Þórarinn (holding his son Clifford), then the couple Guðjón and Herdís Guðbrandsdóttir and finally Björn. Next to Jón and in front of him are grandchildren. Photo: WtW
Jón Þorkelsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1858. He died in the Lundar Settlement in 1936. He took the last name Thorkelson in the west.
Spouse: Kristín Jónsdóttir b. 1864 in N. Múlasýsla, d. 1913 in the Lundar Settlement.
Children: 1. Guðjón b. 1888 2. Björg b. 1891 3. Björn b. 1893 4. Þóarinn b. 1894 5. Þórunn b. 1896 6. Sigrún b. 1899
They came west across the sea to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1901. They went directly to the Lundar Settlement, took land there, and lived there the rest of their lives.