ID: 1877
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Jón Jónsson and Kristjana Magnúsdóttir with their two children. Mynd FAtV
Jón Jónsson was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1855. He took the name Jón J. Þorkelsson (Thorkelson) in the west.
Spouse: 1885 Kristjana Magnúsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1853.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. in Manitoba August 4, 1886 2. Sigurður.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and settled in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland.