ID: 5530
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Jónatan Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on January 25, 1842.
Spouse: 1876 Marsibil Jónsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1851, d. in the Árnes Settlement in 1916.
Children: 1. Marsibil b. 1877 2. Jóhann Valdimar b. 1887.
They moved to New Iceland in 1887 and first lived in Gimli. They took land in the Árnes Settlement and called their farm Brú. They took charge of the mail service there.