ID: 3260
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1946
Jónas Helgason was born on April 23, 1875 in Mýrasýsla. He died in 1946 in Bellingham, Washington. He took the last name Goodman in the west.
Spouse: Sigríður Þórðardóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on March 14, 1877, d. in N. Dakota in 1925. She took the name Sarah Benson in the west.
Children: 1. María (Mary) Sigríður b. February 27, 1897. Sigríður also had a son, Chris, in 1895.
Sigríður came west to N. Dakota in 1883 with her parents, Þórður Benediktsson and María Sveinsdóttir. Jónas had arrived there in 1881 with his parents, Helgi Guðmundsson and Helga Eyvindsdóttir. Both families settled in the Mouse River Settlement; Jónas and Sigríður lived there as well.