ID: 1961
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1948
Jón Pálsson and Agnes Magnúsdóttir Photo FaF
Jón Pálsson: Born in Rangárvallasýsla April 12, 1863. Died in New Iceland March 24, 1948. He took the name Vatnsdal in the west.
Spouse: 1895 Agnes Magnúsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla in 1868, d. in a fire in August, 1936
Childless, but raised three foster-children: 1. Lára Ósk Þorsteinsdóttir Bergman b. in Reykjavík on July 7, 1903 2. Grímur Júníus Magnússon b. in Gullbringusýsla on June 17, 1895 r. Sigurður Sigurðsson (Johnson) b. at Hnausa December 3. 1916.
Jón and Agnes came west in 1900 and bought land in 1902 in the Geysir Settlement. They called it Vatnsdalur.