Ingimundur Jónsson

ID: 5110
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1940

Ingimundur and Jón Bjarni standing. Marsilía is holding Sigfríður and Ólína Vigdís  Photo: SÁG

Ingimundur Jónsson was born on December 20, 1860 in Strandasýsla. He died in Manitoba in November 22, 1940. He took the last name Johnson in the west.

Spouse: 1889 Marsilía Halldórsdóttir b. 1870 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. January 26, 1917.

Children: 1. Ólína (Olena) Vigdís b. 1890 in Mountain, N. Dakota 2. Jón Bjarni (J. B.) b. August 7, 1892 in Winnipeg 3. Sigfríður (Freda) 4. Kristjana 5. Halldór (Dori) 6. Vilhjálmur (William, Bill) 7. Herbert 8. Herdís Sigurbjörg (Daisy) 9. Arnía Sigríður (Minnie) 10. Guðbjörg (Bertie)

Ingimundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885 and from there to Mountain, N. Dakota. Marsilía arrived there in 1888 while her brother Jósteinn had come in 1885. He and Ingimundur came west the same year on the same ship. Ingimundur came to Winnipeg from N. Dakota in 1890 and from there to the  Grunnavatn Settlement in 1894. They lived there until the fall of 1907 when they moved south to the Brown Settlement. They bought land and later bought adjacent land. Ingimundur visited Iceland in 1930.