ID: 14007
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Erlendur Jónsson Photo: Almanak 1934
Erlendur Jónsson was born on August 15, 1865 at Vatnsleysuströnd in Gullbringusýsla. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1902 Þorbjörg Guttormsdóttir b. 1864 in N. Múlasýsla, d. 1931 in California.
Children: 1. Guðný Elízabet. Þorbjörg had a daughter with her first husband; her name was Anna Tilly.
Erlendur came west in 1892 to Winnipeg where he worked for some time. He packed up and traveled around both Canada and the United States, e.g. North Dakota. From there he made his way in 1897 to the Piney Valley settlement. They lived there for some years but then moved to California.