ID: 5654
Date of birth : 1851
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1927
Jón Jónsson was born in 1851 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1927, but is buried in Selkirk, Manitoba. He took the name Sanders in the west.
Spouse: Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1852, d. November 23, 1908.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1873 2. Guðmundur b. 1874 3. Guðrún b. 1881 4. Elísabet b. 1883 5. Finnbogi b. 1885 6. Theodóra b. 1887 7. Sveinn Guðni b. in the west.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and first lived in New Iceland. In 1890, they moved to Winnipeg and were there about two years before moving to Selkirk. He took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907.