ID: 7250
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1918
Jón Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1856. He died in Manitoba in 1818. He had the last name Skanderberg in the west.
Spouse: Sigríður Bjarnadóttir
Children: 1. Bjarni Alvin b. March 6, 1894 2. Sigrún d. at birth 3. Jón Símon b. August 16, 1897.
Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 with his parents, Jón Símonarson and Signý Jónsdóttir. He took land in the Akra settlement in 1886 but moved from there with his family north to the Icelandic community near Lake Manitoba in 1899.