ID: 8923
Date of birth : 1829
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1914
Jón Ólafsson: Born in Kræklingahlíð in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1829. Died in 1914.
Spouse: 1) Guðný Jónsdóttir who died after 2 years together with Jón. 2) Helga Jónsdóttir born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1831. Died in 1913.
Children: 1) Eggert b. 1860 2) Margrét b. 1871. Died in 1928 3) Kristveig Lilja b. 1873 4) Albert b. 1862. Died in 1929 5) Guðný b. 1864 6) Jónas b. 1865. Died in 1904 7) Ólafur b. 1867 8) Þorsteinn b. 1868
Jón and Helga came west in 1879 with Eggert, Margrét and Kristveig Lilja. Jón took land in the Argyle Settlement in 1882 and named his farm Brú.