ID: 15060
Date of birth : 1844
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Jón Guðmundsson Photo: SÍND
Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Jón Guðmundsson was born on February 26, 1844 in S. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: 1891 Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir b. 1851 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Stefán d. January 28, 1919 2. Sveinbjörn. Þorbjörg had two daughters with her first husband: 1. Guðrún b. 1878, d. March 12, 1901 2. Helga b. 1882.
Jón came west in 1881 with the people from Kelduskóg and settled in the Fjalla settlement in N. Dakota. Þorbjörg came west in 1887 and went to her brother Björn who lived near Hallsson, N. Dakota. In 1909 they moved west to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and settled near Wynyard.