Soffía Jónsdóttir

ID: 4663
Date of birth : 1877
Place of birth : Ísafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1948

Soffía Jónsdóttir was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1877. She died in the Lundar Settlement in 1948.

Spouse: October 31, 1895 Jón Jónsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on October 12, 1873, d. in the Lundar Settlement in 1963. He took the last name Líndal in the west.

Children: 1. Jón Ólafur (Oliver) 2. Þorsteinn (Thorstein) 3. Ásgeir 4. Daníel 5. William 6. Franklin 7. George 8. John 9. Emil 10. Einar 11. Laura 12. Helga 13. Elín b. 1909 14. Bertha 15. Laufey 16. Þóra (Thora).

Soffía came west alone to Winnipeg in 1893. Jón came west to Ontario, Canada with his parents, Jón Jónadabsson and Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir, in 1874. From there, they moved to New Iceland, N. Dakota, and finally to the Lundar Settlement in 1891. They took land there and began farming. They opened a store and ran it until 1914. They lived there the rest of their lives.