ID: 12806
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1918
Pétur Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1852. He died in Winnipeg in 1918.
Spouse: Margrét Björnsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1847, d. 1923.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1876 2. Margrét 3. Þórunn
They came west to New Iceland in 1876 with their son Jón and took land in the Árnes Settlement, calling their farm Laufhóll. They later moved south to the Fjalla Settlement in N. Dakota.