ID: 14903
Date of birth : 1821
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Jón Jónsson: Born in Kelduskógum in S. Múlasýsla in 1821.
Spouse: 1) Guðný Sigurðardóttir b. 1825, d. in New Iceland 2) Arnfríður Pétursdóttir born at Nautabúi in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1840.
Children: With Guðný: 1) Guðrún Helga b. 1854 2) Guðrún Björg b. 1869 3) Guðjón b. 1847. He came west later. With Arnfríður: 1) Erlina Ingibjörg 2) Guðný Jónína 3) Jón 4) Halldór.
They came west to New Iceland in 1876 and Jón took land in the Víðirnes Settlement, naming his farm Laufás. They lived there for a few years before moving to Winnipeg. The family then moved to N. Dakota but moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1886.