ID: 7453
Date of birth : 1831
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1905
Jón Jónsson was born on February 14, 1831 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on March 21, 1905. He took the last name Norman in the west.
Spouse: Björg Jónsdóttir b. June 6, 1845 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1866 2. Þórarinn b. 1867 3. Sigurjón b. 1869 4. Lilja b. 1872 5. Steinunn b. 1874 6. Anna b. 1876 7. Jóhann Ólafur b. 1877 8. Jakob b. 1883.
Jón and Björg came west with their youngest child Jakob in 1898. They went directly to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan where their son Þórarinn had settled a year earlier. Jón took land there but did not live long.