ID: 9487
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Jakobína Hallgrímsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1855.
Spouse: Jónas Símonarson b. in Gönguskörðum in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1846.
Children: 1. Árelíus 2. Ingibaldur 3. Fjóla. Jakobína had a son, Gestur Valdimarsson, with her first husband. Gestur married Hólmfríður Jónsdóttir and they lived in Glenboro. Jónas had a daughter, Guðrún, from his first marriage. She lived in Winnipeg.
Jakobína came west to Winnipeg in 1890. Jónas came to the Hóla Settlement in Manitoba in its early days and took land. He was the brother of Símon in the Argyle Settlement. He died in the community.