ID: 19293
Date of birth : 1885
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1948
Front row: Páll, Jón Björnsson, Hermann, and Björn. Back row: Guðrún Sigurlín, Sigrún and Guðjón. Photo: WtW
Jón Björnsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1885. He died in Lundar, Manitoba in 1948. He took the name John Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Sigrún Jóhannesdóttir b. 1885 in N. Múlasýsla, d. 1973 in Lundar.
Children: 1. Guðjón 2. Björn 3. Páll 4. Guðrún Sigurlín 5. Hermann 6. Herbert John 7. Herbert.
Jón came west by ship with his parents, Björn Jónsson and Guðrún Pálsdóttir, in 1888 and moved with them to the Lundar Settlement. Sigrún came west to Winnipeg in 1905.