ID: 9656
Date of birth : 1847
Date of death : 1915
Jónas Kristjánsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1847. He died in Saskatchewan on February 1, 1915.
Spouse: Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1844, d. January 9, 1925.
Children: 1. Halldór b. 1878 2. Hólmfríður b. 1880 3. Hlaðgerður b. 1884 4. Hákon b. 1887 5. Matthildur b. 1889
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and from there to N. Dakota. They lived in the Pembina Settlement until the turn of the century, but moved west in 1902 to the Vallar Settlement in Saskatchewan. In 1912, they moved north to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) and settled in Wynyard.