Helgi Jónsson

ID: 5064
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1913

Helgi Jónsson was born in Strandasýsla on August 13, 1855. He died on October 12, 1913 in Manitoba.

Spouse: Guðrún Einarsdóttir b. March 25, 1855 in Strandasýsla, d. February 17, 1934 in Elfros, Saskatchewan.

Children: 1. Anna Sigurbjörg 2. Albertína (Ina) Guðrún 3. Helen Margrét

Helgi came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885 and took land in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. He traveled with Oddur, his brother, and his family. He and Guðrún were married in the west and lived in the Garðar Settlement until 1900 when they moved to the Brown Settlement in Manitoba.