ID: 11527
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1951
Jónas Helgason: Born at Arndísarstöðum in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 7, 1860. He died in the Argyle Settlement on June 22, 1951
Spouse: Sigríður Einarína Sigurðardóttir b. 1857 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla and died on January 28, 1937.
Children: 1) Helgi b. 1887 2) Erlendur 3) Guðlaug b. July 2, 1893 4) Ingólfur 5) Friðrik 6) Kristján 7) Kristbjörg (foster daughter)
They came west to Manitoba in 1888 and then went west to the Þingvalla Settlement, Saskatchewan. A year later, he bought land in the Argyle Settlement and was very successful there. Near the turn of the century, he built a large stone house, the first of its kind in the area.