ID: 19683
Date of birth : 1847
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1911
Jón Jónsson was born at Dilkanes in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1847. He died in the Framnes Settlement in Manitoba in 1911.
Spouse: Þórdís Halldórsdóttir b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1843, d. in Manitoba in 1907.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1874 2. Halldóra b. 1876, d. about 1900 3. Vilborg b. 1880. They took in a foster daughter in the Ísafold Settlement, Sigríður Jóhannsdóttir, b. October 21, 1891.
They came west to Canada in 1893 and settled in the Ísafold Settlement. They were forced to move shortly after the turn of the century due to flooding of Lake Winnipeg. They took land in the Framnes Settlement and lived there after that.