ID: 5402
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Ásgeir Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on November 4, 1856.
Spouse: 1) Kristín Sveinsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1862, d. in Saskatchewan in 1896 2) 1901 Sigríður Þóra Þorsteinsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on March 14, 1868.
Children: With Kristín: 1. Valdimar b. 1887. Ásgeir had another four children with Kristína and several with Sigríður, information missing.
Ásgeir came west in 1887 and settled in Winnipeg where he worked in the wheat mill of the Hudson’s Bay Company until 1891. He then moved west to Churchbridge, Saskatchewan and claimed land north of Lögberg. He lived in Calder after 1911.