ID: 10244
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1902
Jón Jónasson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1850 and died in 1902. He took the last name of Landy in the west.
Spouse: Sigríður Magnúsdóttir who was born at Liltu Brekka in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1868.
Children: 1. Lára 2. Emily 3. Halldóra
Jón went west with his mother in 1876 and settled in Winnipeg. There he became the first Icelander to take a job as a butcher. He was one of the Icelanders who took part in the war against Louis Riel and his (Metis) mixed-blood Indian group in 1885. He moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1893.