ID: 11900
Date of birth : 1851
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1916
Metúsalem Jónsson: Born on June 15, 1851 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on February 9, 1916 of pneumonia. He took the name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Björg Jónsdóttir b. January 26,1853 at Lýtingsstadir in Vopnafjordur in N. Múlasýsla, d. March 4, 1953.
Children: 1. Jóhannes b. 1879 2. Sigurbjörg (Bertha) b. February 17, 1881; d. January 11, 1952 in Sac City, Iowa. 3. Stefán b. April 16, 1883 4. Jón (John) b. April 4, 1885; d. September 16, 1890 5. Guðjón b. May 6, 1887; d. August 25, 1890 6. Karl b. March 10, 1889; d. December 5, 1916 7. Sigríður (Sarah) b. August 3, 1891 8. Jón M. b. January 27, 1894.
They emigrated west in 1878 and settled in the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota. With them was Metúsalem’s father.