ID: 6929
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Jón Hannesson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1867. He took the last name Norman in the west.
Spouse: Vilfríður Elín Jóhannsdóttir b. 1866 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Children: Lára (Laura) b. 1890 2. Hannes b. 1902 3. Jóhann b. 1908.
Jón came west in 1883 with his parents, Hannes Jónsson and Helga Guðmundsdóttir. They first lived in Mountain, N. Dakota and bought land in the Sand Hills Settlement in 1885. Vilfríður came west in 1886 with her parents, Jóhann Erlendsson and Sigurbjörg Guðlaugsdóttir. They settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Jón and Vilfríður lived in Pembina County near Hensel.