ID: 7296
Date of birth : 1836
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1882
María Rögnvaldsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1836. She died on July 19, 1882 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Jón Jónasson was born on December 19, 1835 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died on July 23, 1886 in N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Jónas b. 1868 2. Anna b. 1870 3. Ingibjörg b. 1872.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and moved to New Iceland the same year. They bought land in the Árnes Settlement, where María contracted smallpox. They moved from there in 1879 and took land in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota.