Jón Jónadabsson

ID: 5681
Date of birth : 1844
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1913

Jón Jónadabsson, Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir and Ingimar Photo: SÁG

Jón Jónadabsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1844. He died in the Lundar Settlement on December 24, 1913. He took the name Líndal in the west.

Spouse: Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir b. 1844 in Húnavatnssýsla.

Children: 1. Jón (John) b. October 12, 1873, d. 1963 2. Kristín b. 1874  3. Gróa. They adopted a son, Ingimar.

They emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and lived there the first year. They moved to New Iceland a year later and then on to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. They moved north to Winnipeg and then on to the Lundar Settlement in 1891.