Jóna Guðríður Jónsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on December 4, 1880. She died in Winnipeg in 1972.
Spouse: November 10, 1903 Sigurjón Sigurðsson b. May 22, 1878 in Árnes in New Iceland, d. in Winnipeg i 1945.
Children: 1. Sigurjón Arnþór b. January 6, 1906 2. Franklín b. January 21, 1907 3. Karl Óskar (Carl Oscar) b. May 3, 1913 4. Jóna Margrét b. November 5, 1914, twin 5. Snjólaug Anna b. November 5, 1914.
Jóna Guðríður came west with her mother, Arnþrúði Vigfúsdóttir, in 1889 and they lived in Winnipeg. There Jóna graduated as a teacher from the Provincial Normal School and taught at the Hnausa school in 1899. There she met Sigurjón, married him, and they lived there until 1906. Sigurjón was the son of Sigurður Sigurbjörnsson and Snjólaug Jóhannesdóttir, pioneers in New Iceland. He grew up in Árnes, became educated, and after graduating, worked at the Sigurdsson Brothers General Store in Hnausa. There he learned accounting and ordinary trade, which proved to be good for him all his life. They then moved to Winnipeg where Sigurjón and his brother-in-law, Jón Vopni opened a shop, Vopni-Sigurdson Co. When it was decided to build a railway in Árdal (now Árborg), Sigurjón decided to move there and in 1909 they settled there. They lived there until 1941, then moved to Winnipeg.