ID: 14544
Date of birth : 1873
Jón Benediktsson was born on January 28, 1873 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: Sigurveig Ósk Friðfinnsdóttir b. in Langadal in Húnavatnssýsla on December 31, 1865, d. in St. Vital, Manitoba on July 9, 1946.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1899 2. Árni b. 1902. Sigurveig also had Sigríður Árnadóttir b. 1892.
They came to the West in 1905 and settled in Manitoba. They farmed for 17 years in Charleswood and 20 years in Lundar. They last lived in Winnipeg.