Páll Jakobsson

ID: 4969
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : Ísafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1930

Páll Jakobsson was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on May 12, 1857. He died in Mikley on June 16, 1930.

Spouse: Sigríður Guðrún Jensdóttir b. 1857 in Ísafjarðarsýsla.

Children: 1. Matthildur b. 1884 2. Jóhanna b. 1887, d. 1906 3. Gestur b. September 16, 1891 4. Bergþór Gerald 5. Þorsteinn Jens 6. Matthildur Elísabet. Sigríður had a daughter prior to marriage: Elín Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1878.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in Mikley in New Iceland. He was called as Steinnes there. Jóhanna drowned in Lake Winnipeg when the ship “Princess” sank. She was a cook.