ID: 14350
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : S. Múlasýslu
Date of death : 1928
Jón Jónsson was born in S. Múlasýsla on November 24, 1857. He died in Yellow Medicine County on April 19, 1928 in Minnesota. He took the name John K. Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Kristín Jónsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on July 5, 1864.
Children: 1. John Lárus b. May 9, 1881 2. Anna Clara b. October 19, 1883.
Jón came west to Minnesota in 1877 with his parents, Jón Kristjánsson and Guðríður Jónsdóttir. Kristín came west in 1888. The Minnesota Census of 1895 shows the couple living in Swede Prairie Township in Yellow Medicine County.
