ID: 20079
Born west
Date of birth : 1903
Place of birth : N. Dakota
Jónas Aðalsteinn Jónsson was born in Svold, N. Dakota on December 26, 1903.
Spouse: January 8, 1933 Frances Maurine McGuire b. November 10, 1894.
Children: 1. Jón Franklin b. in Portland, Oregon on July 11, 1937 2. adoptive son David Steine b. in Portland on September 17, 1931.
Jónas Aðalsteinn was the son of Jón Edvald Jónasson and Guðrún Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir who moved to N. Dakota in 1901 and then went west to Burlington, Washington in 1907. Jónas grew up there, was educated and became a historian. See Personal Accounts below.