ID: 6799
Date of birth : 1869
Jónas Sveinsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 12, 1869.
Spouse: Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir b. 1862 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. at Point Roberts 1922.
Children: 1. Halldór Árni b. 1903 2. Sveinn b. 1905 3. Lára Vigdís b. 1907 4. Ragnar Þórður b. 1910. They also had three children who died in 1925.
They came west to Winnipeg in 1893 and lived there eight years. They moved to Point Roberts, Washington in 1901, took 80 acres of land and lived there.