ID: 15409
Born west
Date of birth : 1897
Jón Helgi Þórarinsson was born in Hensel, N. Dakota on July 19, 1897. He had the name Jón H Bjarnason in the west.
Spouse: July 11, 1923 Bjarnína Gunnfríður Þorsteinsdóttir b. July 22, 1905 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Brian Harvey b. April 2, 1924 2. Audryan b December 20, 1930.
Jón Helgi was the son of Benedikt Þórarinsson and his father, and Jón Helgi’s grandfather, was Sigfús Bjarnason, who came west in 1879 with his wife and children. Jón moved to Elfros, Saskatchewan with his parents in 1907 where he became a barber for a while and later a grain merchant and farmer. Bjarnína was the daughter of Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson and Anna Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir who came west in 1892.