ID: 8851
Date of birth : 1848
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1934
Jakob Júlíus Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1848. He died in N. Dakota on October 30, 1934. He took the name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: November 26, 1878 Anna Björnsdóttir b. April 38, 1852 in N. Múlasýsla, d. October 25, 1928.
Children: 1. Ólafía b. March 23, 1879 in Icelandic River 2. Kristína b. August 27, 1880 in the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota 3. Páll b. November 15, 1881 4. Þorgerður b. 1884 5. Petrea b. November 11, 1886 6. Stefán b. December 29, 1887.
Jakob emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1875 and settled in New Iceland. He took land in the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota in 1879 and lived there three years. He moved west to the Pembina Hills and lived there the rest of his life.