ID: 9849
Date of birth : 1832
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1918
Jón Björnsson: Born in Fnjóskadal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1832. He died in 1918.
Spouse: 1) Margrét Sigríður Bjarnadóttir b. 1824 in Fellaseli in S. Þingeyjarsýsla; died in 1896 2) Helga Gísladóttir b. 1842 at Stóru Reykjum in S. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: 1) Kristján b. 1854 2) Jónína Þuríður b. 1857 3) Arngrímur b. 1858 4) Jón b. 1860 5) Kristín Sigríður b. 1862 6) Björn b. 1864 7) Halldór Geir b. 1867 8) Tómas Hermann b. 1870
Jón came west in 1879, living first in New Iceland and then later moving to Winnipeg. He moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1886, but did not buy any land; instead they lived in Baldur.