ID: 1490
Date of birth : 1864
Date of death : 1955
Jón Jónsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Jón Jónsson was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on July 12, 1864. He died in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on October 17, 1955.
Spouse: 1892 Karítas Einarsdóttir b. August 17, 1863 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. November 29, 1956 in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Einar b. 1894 2. Guðlaugur b. 1897 3. Magnús b. 1898 4. Jónína b. in Saskatchewan.
They came to the West in 1901 and first lived in Selkirk (W. Selkirk) but moved five years later to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) and lived in the Mozart community for fifty years.