ID: 12898
Date of birth : 1827
Date of death : 1911
Jónas Jónsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla May 3, 1827. Died in New Iceland January 31, 1911.
Spouse: Halldóra Ásgrímsdóttir b. May 11, 1833, d. January 3, 1928.
Children: 1. Þórdís b. 1862 2. Ágústa b. 1873 3. Jón b. December 29, 1874, d. April 26, 1956 4. Ingibjörg b. 1876. They had 13 children, 12 died quite young.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. The place was called Hulduárhvammur.