ID: 11876
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Jón Vigfússon was born in N. Múlasýsla on July 11, 1849.
Spouse: Kristbjörg Kolbeinsdóttir b. 1851 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Magnína Halldóra b. February 15, 1878 2. Kolbeinn b. August 6, 1887 3. Níelsína Erika b. October 25, 1889.
They came west to Minnesota in 1879 and settled near Minneota. They belonged to the Icelandic congregation in St. Paul’s Church in Minneota but are found nowhere else in the records and both are believed to have died before the turn of the century. The three children were placed in foster care.