ID: 11959
Date of birth : 1845
Date of death : 1925
Gróa Jónsdóttir and one of her children Photo: VÍÆ I
Gróa Jónsdóttir was born on December 25, 1843 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in N. Dakota in 1925.
Spouse: Bjarni Bjarnason b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1840, d. in N. Dakota in 1918.
Children: 1. Jón Níels Haraldur b. 1874 2. Júlíus b. July 31, 1876 3. Tryggvi b. March 25, 1881 4. Páll b. March 27, 1882 5. Gunnlaug 6. Helgi Finnbogi b. September 26, 1888.
They came west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873. They moved from there to the Ljósavatn settlement in Shawano County, Wisconsin in 1875 and lived there until 1881. They went west to N. Dakota and took land in the Thingvalla settlement.