ID: 5372
Date of birth : 1829
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1922
Jónas Bergmann Jónasson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 16, 1829. He died on April 24, 1922 in New Iceland. He took the last name Bergmann in the west.
Spouse: 1) Soffía Björnsdóttir, they divorced 2) Kristín Jóhannesdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1849.
Children: Jónas had 10 children with each wife. With Soffía: 1. Björn b. 1857 2. Elínborg b. 1858 3. Jónas b. 1863 4. Guðmundur b. September 25, 1869, d. May 14, 1954. With Kristín: 1. Jóhannes b. 1873 2. Guðmundur did not emigrate 3. Sæunn b. 1876 4. Kristín Lilja b. 1877 5. Sigríður Salóme b. 1884 6. Sigfús b. 1885 7. Ásta Marsibil.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in New Iceland. They lived in the Víðirnes Settlement on the farm Víðirnes.