Jón Eymundsson

ID: 10744
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1907

Jón Eymundsson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla December 25, 1850. Died in N. Dakota February 20, 1907.

Spouse: 1) Júlíana Einarsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla February 19, 1854, d. 1888. 2) Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir b. 1847 í N. Þingeyjarsýsla, daughter of Jón Benjamínsson on Langanes.

Children: With Júlíana: 1. Konkordía b. July 25, 1878, baptized by the Rev Jón Bjarnason in New Iceland August 25, 1878, d. August 31, 1878 2. Koncordía b. September 4, 1880 in N. Dakota, d. in infancy 3. Konkordía b. June  29, 1885, d. at Borg in Mountain April 8, 1961 4. Kristbjörn b. May 1, 1888, d. in San Francisco May 23, 1966.

Jón and Júlíana fluttu moved west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1878 and spent a year in Icelandic River Settlement in New Iceland. Left for the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota where Jón lived after that.