Jón Ingimundarson

ID: 1397
Date of birth : 1829
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla
Date of death : 1891

Jón Ingimundarson was born on May 31, 1829 in Rangárvallasýsla. He died on August 22, 1891 in Spanish Fork.

Spouse: 1) Margrét Jónsdóttir b. April 29, 1831, d. September 4, 1860. 2) October 20, 1861 Þórdís Þorbjörnsdóttir b. April 18, 1836, d. March 28, 1928 in Ivins, Idaho.

Children: With Margrét: 1. Ólafur b. 1856, d. 1882 2. Guðlaugur b. 1857, d. 1886 3. Kristmundur b. 1858, d. 1940 4. Jón b. 1860, d. 1860. With Þórdís: 1. Margrét b. 1862, d. 1893 2. Jón b. 1863, d. 1888 3. Guðrún b. 1865, d. 1905 4. Bjarni b. 1867, d. 1883 5. Ingimundur b. 1868, d. 1959 6. Þorbjorn b. 1871, d. 1947 7. Kolbeinn b. 1873, d. 1908 8. Önundur b. 1876, d. 1940 9. Þorgeir b. 1879, d. 1959 10. Þórdís b. 1884, d. 1885.

Jón took up the Mormon faith on April 25, 1886 and, in May, he emigrated west to Utah with Margrét, Guðrún, and Ingimundur. Þórdís emigrated west with the rest of her children in the fall of the same year.  They settled in Spanish Fork and Jón worked there as a carpenter.