Jón Valdimar Dínusson was born on September 22, 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg, June 9, 1906.
Spouse: August 8, 1886 in N. Dakota, Kristín Guðný Guðnadóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1866, d. 1935 in Selkirk, Manitoba.
Children: 1. Kristjana Sigurrós b. June 20, 1887, d. 1917 2. Anna Sigríður b. February 12, 1889 3. Björg Ágústa b. December 19, 1890, d. 1926 in Manitoba 4. Guðný Rósa b. January 20, 1893 5. Sigurbjörn Gunnlaugur b. June 21, 1895, d. 1956 in Selkirk 6. William F. b. October 12, 1897 7. Lillian Pearl b. 1900, d. same year 8. Sylvía Hólmfríður b. July 2, 1902
Jón Valdimar came west in 1879 with his parents, Dínus Jónsson and Kristjana Andrésdóttir, who settled in N. Dakota. Jón was a farmer in Hallson, N. Dakota but moved to Winnipeg about the turn of the century. Kristín came west in 1882 to N. Dakota with her parents, Guðni Guðmundsson and Rósa Sigurðardóttir, who lived in Mountain, N. Dakota.