ID: 19708
Date of birth : 1929
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1901
Jón Magnússon Photo: Sm
Jón Magnússon was born in Strandasýsla on July 21, 1829. He died in Mouse River, N. Dakota on February 7, 1901.
Spouse: Þórunn Þórðardóttir, did not come west, d. August 25, 1918.
Children: 1. Magnús b. 1854 2. Þórður b. 1856 3. Lilja b. 1857 4. Stefán b. 1859 5. Guðbjartur b. 1866 6. Ingibjörg b. 1868 7. Sigríður b. 1870.
Jón came west to N. Dakota in 1887 and settled in the Mouse River Settlement. Two of Jón’s sons, Stefán and Guðbjartur, came west.