Oddný Guðmundsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Áskell Jónsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Áskell Jónsson was born on December 5, 1875 in Dalasýsla. He died on July 2, 1948 in Washington. He had the name Keli J. Brandson in the west.
Spouse: February 15, 1906 Oddný Guðmundsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1881, d. April 10, 1965 in Stafholt in Blaine
Children: Childless, but they raised these two: 1. Helga b. September 16, 1906, daughter of Páll Jóhannsson and Guðbjörg Jóhannsdóttir 2. John F. Eyford
Áskell came west in 1877 with his parents, Jón Brandsson and Margrét Guðbrandsdóttir, who settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Oddny was the daughter of Guðmundur Hjálmarsson and Sigurlaug Guðmundsdóttir of Skagafjörður who came west in 1877. Áskell and Oddný moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1903 and took land in the Elfros Settlement and lived there until 1911. Life’s road then led them to Montana where they lived until 1922. The next move was west to the Pacific where they took land near Blaine, Washington and lived the rest of their days.