Jón Edvald Jónasson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on May 6, 1876. He died in the United States in 1961. He was known as Edvald Jónasson in the west.
Spouse: May 6, 1897 Guðrún Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 13, 1878, d. 1967.
Children: 1. Sigurbjörg (Bertha) b. August 22, 1899 2. Jón Aðalsteinn b. in Svold, N. Dakota on December 26, 1903 3. Ragnar Frederick b. January 21, 1906 in N. Dakota, d. in Washington on December 12, 1967 4. Gestur Júlíus b. in Winnipeg 1907 5. Edvald Franklin b. in Burlington, Washington on March 8, 1911, d. 1967 6. Carl William b. February 19, 1912.
They moved to N. Dakota in 1901 and settled in Svold. They were there a few years, moved to Winnipeg in 1906, and from there west to the Pacific in the autumn of 1907. They settled in Burlington, Washington.