ID: 1907
Date of birth : 1855
Date of death : 1912
Emerentíana Jónsdóttir was born on December 6, 1855 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. She died on March 30 1912 in New Iceland.
Spouse: Magnús Narfason b. June 1, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla, d. in New Iceland in 1931.
Children: 1. Guðmundur Narfi b. February 25, 1895 2. Guðjón Erlendur b. September 17, 1896. Three other children died at birth.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and settled in Gimli in New Iceland. They took land in the Víðirnes settlement west of Gimli in 1892 and lived there two years. They moved to other land in the same settlement and named it Víðivelli.