ID: 6597
Date of birth : 1870
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Þorleifur Jónasson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1870. He was known as Leifi (Leivy) in Ósland.
Spouse: 1911 Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1883.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg (Imba) 2. Jóhanna 3. Lára.
Þorleifur came west to Manitoba in 1883 with his parents, Jónas Jóhannesson and Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir, and his siblings. They settled in the Víðirnes Settlement at the place called Grenimörk. Sigríður came west to Winnipeg in 1902. They first lived in Winnipeg and then moved west to Prince Rupert in 1914 and a short time later to Ósland.