ID: 13678
Date of birth : 1891
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1947
Ólafur Ágúst Jónasson was born in N. Múlasýsla on August 25, 1891. He died in Tacoma, Washington on October 30, 1947. He was known as O. A. Svindal in the west.
Spouse: Florence Eva Boilais b. October 27, 1896 in N. Dakota, d. February 13, 1927.
Children: 1. Eunice Sigrid b. April 1, 1917 2. Dorothy Cecile b. October 7, 1919.
Ólafur came west in 1893 with his parents, Jónas Jónsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir, who settled in Lincoln County in Minnesota. He worked on the railroad in S. Dakota , but later, after his wife died, he moved to live with his daughter in Minneapolis.