Jón Sigurðsson: Born in December 1845 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on July 20, 1918. He took the last name Snidal in the west.
Spouse: November 6, 1884 Kristín Björnsdóttir b. 1856, d. November 8, 1932.
Children: 1. Eyjólfur (Alfred) b. July 7, 1882 2. Ingiríður (Inga) b. 1884 3. Ólöf (Olive) Sigurbjörg Snidal b. May 27, 1886 4. Aðalbjörg Þorvaldína (Dena) b. December 16, 1888 5. Guðrún Lilja (Lilly) b. January 27, 1891 6. Björn (Byron) b. January 28, 1893; d. April 25, 1933 7. Carl Gunnar Snidal b. March 3, 1895; d. April 21, 1917. Kristín had two daughters with Eyjólfur Guðmundsson: 1. Sigurjóna b. July 1, 1878 2. María Guðmunda b. April 10, 1880.
Jón emigrated west in 1876 and lived for a number of years in New Iceland in Manitoba. He moved to Westurheim Township, Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota in 1879 and farmed there. Kristín was the daughter of Björn Gíslason and was married to Eyjólfur Guðmundsson when they came west in 1880. Eyjólfur died in 1883.