ID: 7059
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1911
Jónas Stefánsson, Steinunn Grímsdóttir and their children. Photo FAtV
Jónas Stefansson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on January 16, 1845. He drowned in Gimli Harbor on September 1, 1911.
Spouse: November 30, 1873 Steinunn Grímsdóttir b. 1848 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Steinunn b. 1873 in Iceland 2. Eugine 3. Sigtryggur 4. Jónassína.
They emigrated to Ontario in Canada in 1874 and remained there until mid-1875. They moved west to Winnipeg and then to New Iceland. They settled in the Árnes Settlement and lived there for four years before settling in Gimli.