ID: 13665
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1937
Jón Magnússon was born on December 25, 1861 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on January 16, 1937 in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Spouse: Guðrún Sesselja Magnúsdóttir b. August 4, 1858 in N. Múlasýsla, d. March 5, 1929 in Roseau County, Minnesota.
Children: 1. Bergheiður (Bertha) b. August 29, 1889 2. Magnús Björgvin b. May 5, 1893 3. Guðmundur Aðalsteinn b. 1896 4. Magnús William b. 1898.
Jón and Guðrún came west in 1889 on the same ship and moved to Winnipeg. Jón spent some time in Mountain, N. Dakota, but in 1893 they settled in Roseau County, Minnesota, with the first Icelandic pioneers in the area. Jón took land in Pohlitz Township and began farming. They lived there the rest of their lives.