ID: 10607
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : N.Þingeyjarsýsla
Matúsalem Jónsson*: Born in Þistilfjord in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1854. He was known as Metúsalem in the west.
Spouse: 1877 Ása Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir b. 1848
Children: 1) Jón b. 1876 2) Einar b. 1880 d. 1904 3) Frímann b. 1881 4) Þorbergur b. 1882 5) Kristveig 6) Þorbjörg b. 1892. They also adopted Gísli Sigurbjart Johnson.
They moved west 1883 and went to N. Dakota and lived southwest of Pembina until 1900. They then moved to New Iceland in the Ardals and Framnes Settlements.
* This is the name as recorded in a census of 1880. In the West he was often referred to as Methuselem and his children record his name as Methuselem.