Elín Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ V
Elín Jóelsdóttir was born on June 17, 1858 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on October 20, 1937 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan.
Spouse: 1876 in Curytyba, Brazil, Magnús Guðmundsson Ísfeld b. in the same sýsla on September 6, 1846, d. January 19, 1919 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Christian Júlíus b. July 27, 1877, d. January 20, 1919 2. Christina Lilja b. September 7, 1879, d. February 12, 1956 3. Cecelia Louisa b. December 21, 1881, d. May 18, 1917 4. Joel August b. April 17, 1884, d. December 5, 1954 5. Oscar Brigham b. July 2, 1886, d. January 13, 1919 6. Victor Emanuel b. July 2, 1891, d. January 18, 1919 7. Albert Hjörtyur b. November 30, 1894, d. April 9, 1943 8. Anna Sigríður b. July 26, 1897, d. January 19, 1919 9. Eliza Margarida b. July 8, 1902.
Elín was the daughter of Jóel Jónsson and Sesselja Andrésdóttir who moved west to Brazil in with four of their children. Elín and Magnús moved with nine children in 1904 north to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggði) in Saskatchewan. They took land and lived near Wynyard.