Jón Helgason

ID: 11893
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1918

Jón Helgason: Born in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on February 20, 1862. He died on May 19, 1918 in Manitoba.

Spouse: Sigríður Aðalbjörg Bjarnadóttir born in Fnjóskadal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on December 13, 1867.

Children: 1) Ágústa Halldóra 2) Björn 3) Helgi 4) Jónas 5) Guðlaug 6) Jónína Kristjana

They came west in 1892, went directly to the Argyle Settlement, and bought a farm in the eastern part of the settlement. They lived there the rest of their lives.