ID: 2403
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1958
Jón Jónsson was born in Mýrasýsla on August 10, 1873. He died in British Columbia on June 5, 1958. He took the name John H. Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1898 Björg Jónsdóttir b. August 4, 1876 in Dalaýsla, d. March 3, 1938 in Vancouver.
Children: 1. Þorbjörg 2. Kristín.
Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir, in 1878. They settled in Mikley and Jón lived there until 1902 but then took land in the Lundar Settlement. He farmed and fished on Lake Manitoba but later became a fishmonger. They later moved west to the Pacific.