Jón Valdimar Þorláksson Photo VÍÆ III
Jón Valdimar Þorláksson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 3, 1851. He died in Winnipeg on October 26, 1924.
Spouse: 1) 1881 Petrína Guðnadóttir b. November 11, 1865, d. January 9, 1912 2) Anna Pedersen from Denmark.
Children: With Petrína 1. Páll d. in birth 2. Lovísa (Louisa) Guðfinna b. October 10, 1884 3. Valdimar Steingrímur b. November 24, 1886 4. Guðný Pálína b. September 7, 1888 5. Þorlákur Gunnar b. September 12, 1890 6. Þórunn Laufey b. February 19, 1892 7. Grace Mabel b. December 19, 1894 8. Ester Aurora b. November 13, 1896 9. Inga Marín b. May 5, 1899. With Anna 1. Daníel b. May 27, 1915.
Jón came west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873 with his parents, Þorlákur G. Jónsson and Lovísa Níelsdóttir, and his siblings. He travelled with them to the Ljósavatns colony in Shawano County in 1875 and then west to N. Dakota around 1880. Petrína came west to New Iceland in 1876 with her mother, Guðfinna Jóhannesdóttir, and her stepfather, Sigurgeir Björnsson. They lived there until 1880, then moved south to N. Dakota. Jón and Petrína lived southwest of Mountain.