Jónína Helga Jónasdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarssýsla in 1866. She died on August 10, 1925 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: March 16, 1889 Eggert Thorlacius b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1857, d. July 3, 1934 in Hensel, N. Dakota.
Children: 1.Guðrún Lára b. December 1, 1890 2. Tómas Þorvarður b. December 13, 1892 3. Ingibjörg b. 1893 4. Margrét Ingibjörg b. October 24, 1895 5. Rannveig Sigríður b. September 18, 1897 6. Skúlína Elísabet b. September 22, 1899 7. Lára 8. William Þórður d. in childhood 9. Páll Eyjólfur b. May 4, 1903 10. Þórvör Marselína b. August 24, 1907 11. Kristín Theodora b. August 24, 1907.
Jónína came west to New Iceland in 1876 with her parents, Jónas Kortsson and his wife, Margrét Sveinsdóttir. Eggert came west alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886. He and Jónína took land in the Sand Hills Settlement in N. Dakota.