Margrét Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Margrét Jónsdóttir was born in Narrows, Manitoba on December 4, 1892. She had the last name Stone in the west. She died on August 24, 1949.
Spouse: December 28, 1914, Þorsteinn Jónsson b. November 9, 1888 in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland, d. February 6. febrúar, 1944. He had the name Thorsteinn Stone in the west.
Children: 1. Timothy b. February 5, 1919 2. Clifford b. November 22, 1921 3. George b. April 6, 1927 4. Margaret b. August 31, 1929 5. Dorothy b. September 14, 1932, all born in Winnipeg.
Margrét was the daughter of Jón Sigurðsson and Pálína Þórðardóttir who came west in 1888, and used the last name Sigurðson until marriage. They settled in Narrows, north of Lake Manitoba, where Margrét grew up. Þorsteinn was the son of Jón Þorsteinsson from Mýrasýsla and his wife, Solveig Bjarnadóttir from Gufuskálar. Margrét attended a teacher’s school in Winnipeg and became a teacher there in the city. There she met Þorsteinn, who later became the director of the T. Eaton retail company’s freight department. They always lived there.