ID: 6186
Date of birth : 1870
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Jón Sigurðsson Laxdal Photo: VÍÆ I
Jón Sigurðsson was born on December 10, 1870 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Laxdal in the west.
Spouse: 1906 Rut Jónasdóttir b. July 11, 1873 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. September 18, 1932.
Children: 1. Anna b. May 9, 1906 2. María b. May 9, 1906 3. He also had a step-daughter, Soffía.
Jón came west to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota with his parents in 1888. He worked widely, e.g., as far as the Brown community in Manitoba. They moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and took land near Mozart. Rut came west in 1885 with her mother and younger brother.