ID: 19261
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1949
Alexander Eldjárn Jónsson
Alexander Eldjárn Jónsson was born on August 26, 1869 in Höfðahverfi in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in 1949 in Manitoba. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1) 1893 Margrét Friðbjarnardóttir b. 1872 in S.Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1918. 2) 1922 Júlíana Guðrún Diðriksdóttir b. Gullbringusýslu in 1877.
Children: 1. Friðjón 2. Ármann 3. Eldjárn 4. Margrét 5. Guðrún 6. Haraldur 7. Jón 8. Viborg Halldóra 9. Lára 10. Elenóra Margrét.
Alexander came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and first lived in the Argyle Settlement. He did not take land immediately, but initially worked for local farmers. He was one of the first to settle in the Hóla Settlement, in the South Cypress area. He moved to Glenboro in 1895.