ID: 3205
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1953
Jón Magnússon and Guðrún Eggertsdóttir Photo A Century Unfolds
Jón Magnússon: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1866. He died February 27, 1953. He took the name Borgfjörð in the west.
Spouse: 1889 Guðrún Eggertsdóttir b. June 26, 1868 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died December 8, 1959.
Children: 1) Magnúsína Helga b. December 11, 1890 2) Sigríður Marta 3) Dýrfinna b. March 7, 1898 4) Lára Halldóra b. December 31, 1901 5) Páll Valdimar b. October 5, 1892 6) Eggert Júlíus b. July 1, 1894 7) Árni Wilfred b. 1900 8) Magnús b. June 9, 1905 9) Guðni Edward b. November 19, 1907.
They went directly to New Iceland in 1888. Jón and his brother Guðmundur are considered the first settlers in the Framnes Settlement.