ID: 19163
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1952
Jón Magnússon was born on August 6, 1867 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg on March 2, 1952.
Spouse: October 10, 1892 in Duluth, Þorgerður Eysteinsdóttir b. February 27, 1863 in Dalasýsla, d. September 16, 1941 in Winnipeg.
Children: 1. Hallgerður Róslaug b. in Duluth on April 12, 1893 2. Marta Emilía 3. Helga Eysteina. Three children died young.
Jón moved west to Duluth, Minnesota where he met Þorgerður, who had emigrated to New York in 1887. They moved to Winnipeg in 1893 and lived there until 1896. Life’s road led them to Keewatin, Ontario where they lived for 9 years, and then moved to Selkirk where they lived 7 years. They lived Winnipeg the rest of their lives.