Hans Jónsson

ID: 14472
Date of birth : 1836
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1912

Hans Jónsson: Born in Mjóafjordur in S. Múlasýsla in 1836. He died in Portland, Oregon in 1912.

Spouse: Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1838. She died in 1915.

Children: 1. Guðríður Jónína b. 1869 2. Sveinn Hans b. 1871 3. Sigtryggur (Siver) b. 1875 4. Solveig b. 1877 5. Jóhanna (Hannah) b. 1882 6. Steinunn (Stina) b. 1884

Hans and Hólmfríður emigrated west in 1884 and bought land in the Yellow Medicine County Settlement. After a number of years, they moved to Watertown, S. Dakota. The road later took them to Portland, Oregon.