ID: 12113
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1952
Jón Hannesson was born on March 1, 1875 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Svold, N. Dakota on May 31, 1952.
Spouse: Björg Guðmundsdóttir b. 1876 in S. Múlasýsla.
Children: Information missing.
Jón came west to Canada in 1887 with his parents, Hannes Jónsson and Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir. They settled in Pembina County in N. Dakota. Björg came west to N. Dakota in 1887 with her parents, Guðmundur Finnbogason and Guðlaug Eiríksdóttir, who settled in the Akra Settlement. Jón and Björg bought land in Svold, N. Dakota in 1916 and lived there the rest of their lives.