Framar Jónsson Photo: VÍÆ 5
Framar Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 23, 1883. He died in Vogar, Manitoba on February 22, 1956. He took the last name Eyford in the west.
Spouse: 1906 Baldrún Jörundsdóttir b. October 9, 1886, d. September 23, 1936.
Children: 1. Stefanía Anna b. February 6, 1908, d. August 23, 1981 2. Jörundur Árni b. August 2, 1910 3. Stefanía Grace b. August 31, 1913 4. Jónasína Kristjana Sigurlaug b. September 17, 1915 5. Olga Þórhildur b. February 18, 1917 6. Haraldur Framar b. August 16, 1918 7. Ragnheiður Lovísa b. June 13, 1920 8. Lárus Sigurður b. June 2, 1922, d. January 9, 1961 9. Baldur Ragnar b. March 15, 1926 10. Guðmundur Franklin Ellis b. July 14, 1930. Framar had a daughter with his first wife, Halldóra Jóhannsdóttir: Lára b. January 12, 1902, d. February 21, 1983.
Framar came to the West in 1903 and settled in Manitoba. He worked for farmers at first, later doing commercial work until he bought land in the Siglunes settlement in 1908. He lived there for a while, but then moved closer to Vogur, where he lived for the rest of his life. Baldrún was the daughter of Jörundur Sigurbjörnsson and Anna Jónasdóttir, who came west from Húsavík in 1893 and were first in Mountain, N. Dakota. Jörundur was the first to explore land on Siglunes by Lake Manitoba and must have given the name to the peninsula.