ID: 6288
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Anna Ólafsdóttir Photo FLNÍ
Jón Sigurðsson Photo FLNÍ
Jón Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 20, 1869.
Spouse: 1895 Anna Ólafsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1854.
Children: 1. Ólafur Jón 2. Sigríður 3. Pálmi 4. Björn Stefán 5. Guðríður Liljurós.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and lived there the first years. They moved to New Iceland in 1891 and settled in the Víðirnes Settlement at Bergstaður that Jakob Eyfjörð had built. They lived there 10 years before moving to Selkirk.