ID: 14515
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1921
Marteinn Jónsson was born on November 16, 1849 in Dalasýsla. He died on January 13, 1921 in New Iceland.
Spouse: Helga Jóhannsdóttir b. in S. Múlasýsla, 1863.
Children: 1. Jóna Jóhanna b. 1885 2. Sveinberg Ólafur b. 1886 3. Jóhann Ragnar b. 1888
They came west to Winnipeg in 1888. They divorced there. Helga later married Helgi Bjarnason. Marteinn took land in the Framnes Settlement in 1906 and lived with Margrét Árnadóttir, b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1868. She came to Winnipeg in the summer of 1905 with her daughter, Guðrún Elísabet Jónsdóttir, b. March 10, 1905. Marteinn hired Margrét as his housekeeper. They had one son, Carl.