ID: 10262
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Jónas Brynjólfsson Photo: Almanak 1930
Jónas Brynjólfsson was born at Hólsfjall in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859.
Maki: 1) 1885 Guðríður Þórðardóttir d. 1886. 2) 1914 Karítas Jónsdóttir d. in Winnipegosis on February 4, 1927.
Childless.
Jónas came west to New Iceland in 1876. He moved to N. Dakota for several years and worked as a caretaker for Kristbjörg Ögmundsdóttir and moved with her to Red Deer Point in 1900. Guðríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1878 with her parents and siblings. They moved to New Iceland.