Eymundur Jónsson

ID: 1643
Date of birth : 1840
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellsýsla
Date of death : 1927

Eymundur Jónsson Photo: Almanak 1934

Halldóra Stefánsdóttir Photo: Almanak 1934

Eymundur Jónsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on December 23, 1840. He died in 1927.

Spouse: Halldóra Stefánsdóttir b. August 18, 1844 in E. Skaftafellssýsla.

Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1866 2. Stefán b. 1867 3. Björn b. 1872 4. Lovísa b. 1874 5. Karl b. 1876 6. Ásmundur b. 1878 7. Jóhann b. 1880 8. Margrét b. 1882 9. Stefán b. 1884 10. Höskuldur b. 1886.

Eymundur was baptized Meyvant, but that name was changed. They came west in 1903 and settled first in Winnipeg. The same autumn they moved to Pine Valley community and lived there until the spring of 1907. That year they moved back to Iceland.