ID: 5013
Single parent
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1940
Jón Atli Magnússon Photo: TSPLD
Jón Atli Magnússon was born in Strandasýsla on June 17, 1855. He died in Langruth on July 19, 1940.
Spouse: 1888 Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir b. June 28, 1854, d. May 8, 1930 in Marshland, Manitoba.
Children: 1. Hjaltfríður 2. Guðrún 3. Magnúsína 4. Guðmundur. Jón Atli also had Jóhanna Kristín b. 1884.
Jón Atli and Guðbjörg came west in 1888 and settled near Mountain, N. Dakota. They moved north to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1891, moved from there in 1894 to Sandy Bay on the western side of Lake Manitoba. Lastly, they moved to Marshland near Gladstone southwest of Langruth, Manitoba in 1902.