ID: 8054
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1926
Jónas Ólafsson was born on January 24, 1846 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died on October 11, 1926.
Spouse: 1) Margrét Ingjaldsdóttir b. 1851 2) Katrín Magnúsdóttir b. February 22, 1835. She died on May 3, 1918.
Children: With Margrét: 1. Sigurður b. 1874 2. Ólafur (Oliver) b. 1879. With Katrín: 1. Carl b. November 24, 1884. He died on September 10, 1951.
Jónas and Margrét emigrated west 1873 and lived in Wisconsin. By 1885, they had moved to the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota. In the 1885 census, he is listed as John Olson.
Jónas’ second wife, Katrín Magnúsdóttir, was a widow when she emigrated west to Minnesota with her two children, Sigríður (Sarah Johnson) and Pétur, in 1878. Peter was 9 years old and died young.