Jón Jónsson

ID: 16939
Date of birth : 1885
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla

Jón Jónsson Photo: VÍÆ 1

Ólína Aðalheiður Jónsdóttir Photo: Almanak 1934

Jón Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on August 28, 1885.

Spouse: 1920 Ólína Aðalheiður Jónsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 3, 1898.

Children: 1. Sigmar Eyford 2. Guðrún Valdína 3. Sigríður Guðbjörg 4. Karl Friðrik 5. Ásgerður Lára.

Jón came west in 1914 in the Pine Valley community in Manitoba. He enlisted in the Army on March 2, 1916 and fought in France. He returned to the Piney Settlement and lived there until 1930. That year, he moved  to the village of Piney.

Ólína emigrated west with her mother, Guðrún Ísleifsdóttir, and brother Friðrik in 1902.