ID: 18861
Date of birth : 1878
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Jón Jónsson was born on December 25, 1878 in N. Múlasýsla. He was known as Jón Austmann when living in Glenboro.
Spouse: April 29, 1908 Lilja Einarsdóttir b. in the west.
Children: 1. Kristín Soffía 2. Einar Jón 3. Haraldur Albert.
Jón emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Kristín María Björnsdóttir and siblings. They moved to Brandon lived there. He spent some time in the Argyle Settlement and Glenboro and then went west to Vancouver with his family in 1903. He lived there for two years, moved south to Blaine, Washington and married Lilja.