ID: 9272
Date of birth : 1828
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1908
Jón Jónsson was born in 1828 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in New Iceland in 1908.
Spouse: Margrét Ingiríður Árnadóttir b. 1832 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1903.
Children: 1. Albert b. 1854 2. Elín b. 1858 3. Sigurjón 4. Árni 5. Herdís b. 1876.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and settled in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. Also settling there were Albert, Elín and Sigurjón. Árni settled in Winnipeg and Herdís in the Hnausa Settlement.