ID: 5165
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1955
Finnur Jónsson was born in Strandasýsla on March 6, 1868. He died in New Iceland on January 21, 1955.
Spouse: November 4, 1894 Guðrún Ásgeirsdóttir b. February 17, 1868 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. in Winnipeg on June 23, 1948.
Children: 1. Ásgeir 2. Ragnar.
Finnur came west to Winnipeg in 1893, Guðrún had arrived there the year before. They always lived in Winnipeg, where Finnur once edited Lögberg and ran his own bookstore. Guðrún was very active in the Icelandic social associations in the West.