ID: 14402
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1908
Ásdís Jónsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla on October 14, 1866. She died in Lincoln County in Minnesota on January 4, 1908. She took the name Ida Townsend in Minnesota.
Sposue: 1886 Lucius Townsend b. 1852 in New York, d. October 3, 1924.
Children: 1. William Lincoln b. March 7, 1887 2. Lula b. January 5, 1891 3. Royal Earl b. December 1, 1893 4. Jennie Aurolene b. 1905, d. 1908 5. Lillie May b. 1908 6. Howard b. 1909, d. May 5, 1911.
Ásdís came west to Minnesota with her parents, Jón Arngrímsson and Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, in 1877. Ásdís’ husband was the chief of police in Lincoln County.