ID: 19011
Date of birth : 1834
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir (in white) with her neighbor Þórunn Borgfjörð. Photo A Century Unfolds
Jón Stefánsson: Born in Skagafjord in 1834. Took the name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1) Kristín Sölvadóttir 2) Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir born in 1872 in Skagafjord, d. in 1954.
Children: With Kristín: 1) Jónína Kristín 2) Anna Kristín 3) Þorleifur 4) Stefán. With Ragnheiður Þorfinnsdóttir: 1) Sölvi 2) Jón 3) Júníus.
With Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir: 1) Kristján 2) Eliman 3) Jóhannes 4) Gunnlaugur.
The family came west in 1900 with Jón and Júníus and settled in the Árdals-Framnes Settlement. Jón did not stay in the west long and returned to Iceland to raise Elín’s children.