Einar Jónsson was born in Skutulfjörður in Ísafjarðarsýsla on May 25, 1837. He died on April 6, 1922. He took the last name Sudfjord in the west.
Spouse: Guðbjörg Einarsdóttir b. in Strandasýsla on March 21, 1844, d. February 7, 1944.
Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1875 2. Moníka b. 1875 3. Kristín b. 1880.
They came west to Ontario in Canada in 1883 and stayed with an English farmer for half a year. Einar moved west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in the early spring of 1885, where he found work on the railroad. In the autumn, Guðríður joined him there with their daughters, and they lived in the town for over a year. Einar went west in search of land and took land in the Þingvalla Settlement in 1886. They lived there until 1893 but then moved to the Big Point Settlement on the east bank of Lake Manitoba. They moved to Churchbridge in 1904, where their daughter Monika lived. They were with her for a while but then moved to the Lögberg Settlement to their daughter Kristín. He spent his last days with Monika in Churchbridge. Read more about Einar in Icelandic heritage (Íslensk arfleifð) below.