ID: 3596
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1906
Elías Jónsson Kærnested was born in 1830 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died on September 1, 1906 in the Víðines Settlement in Manitoba.
Spouse: Ólöf Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1830 in Snæfellsnessýsla.
Children: Outside of marriage 1. Margrét b. 1875 2. Dagbjört b. 1877.
They came west to Ontario, Canada in 1881 and settled in Caldwell in the Muskoka district. They moved west to New Iceland and settled at Laufás in the Víðines Settlement.