ID: 7138
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1932
Rut Jónasdóttir was born on July 11, 1873 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on September 18, 1932.
Spouse: 1906 Jón Sigurðsson b. December 10, 1870 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Laxdal in the west.
Children: 1. Anna b. May 9, 1906 2. María b. May 9, 1906 3. step-daughter Soffía.
Rut emigrated in 1885 with her mother, Þórunn Magnúsdóttir and younger brother. Jón came west to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota with his parents in 1888. He worked widely in the area, e.g. as far as the Brown community in Manitoba. They moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and took land near Mozart.