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Family of Jón GUÐMUNDSSON and Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Husband:

  • Jón GUÐMUNDSSON (1822-1867)

  • Wife:

  • Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR (1848-1930)

  • Children:

  • Björn Sigurgeir JÓNSSON (1865- )

  • Status:

  • Never Married

  • Marriage:

  • "??"

  • unknown as to marriage

Husband: Jón GUÐMUNDSSON

  • Name:

  • Jón GUÐMUNDSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1822

  • Keldum, Gufunessókn, Kjalanesi, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1822 (age 0)

  • Keldum, Gufunessókn, Kjalanesi, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 12-13)

  • Keldur, Gufunessókn, Kjósarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Occupation:

  • 1845 (age 22-23)

  • vinnumaður; Bakki, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  •  

  • working for Þórður Jónsson dbrm., bóndi, hefur grasnyt

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 22-23)

  • Bakki, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Occupation:

  • 1854 (age 31-32)

  • Vinnumaður; Vigdísarstöðum í Kirkjuhvammssókn, V-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1854 (age 31-32)

  • Vigdísarstöðum í Kirkjuhvammssókn, V-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1855 (age 32-33)

  • vinnumaður; Staðarbakka í Miðfirði, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Gisli Gislason, Sóknaprestur búandi

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 32-33)

  • Staðarbakka í Miðfirði, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4

  •  

  • shown as Skilinn (Divorced) from first wife

  • Occupation:

  • 1859 (age 36-37)

  • Vinnumaður; Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1859 (age 36-37)

  • Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1860 (age 37-38)

  • vinnumaður; Rófu í Miðfirði, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Jónas Bjarnason, lifir á fjárrækt

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 37-38)

  • Rófu í Miðfirði, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland5

  •  

  • Fer 1860 frá Vatnshorni að Rófu.

  • Occupation:

  • 1866 (age 43-44)

  • Vinnumaður; Ægissíða, Vesturhópshólasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1866 (age 43-44)

  • Ægissíða, Vesturhópshólasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland6

  • Death:

  • Jul 4, 1867 (age 44-45)

  • Iceland

Wife: Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR

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Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Jón JÓNASSON (1809-1884)

  • Mother:

  • Hólmfríður TEITSDÓTTIR (1827-1861)

  • Birth:

  • Jan 8, 1848

  • Kirðjahvammi (just out of Hvammstangi ), Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1,7,8,9,10

  •  

  • 1911 Census shows that she had a birth date of Feb, 1848

  • Baptism:

  • Jan 10, 1848 (age 0)

  • Kirkjuhvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland10

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 1-2)

  • Kirkjuhvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 6-7)

  • Kirkiuhvammur, Kirkiuhvamssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland12

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 11-12)

  • #3, Kirkjuhvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13

  •  

  • Rosa lived with her parents close to Rafn and his first wife Ingibjörg Þorvaldsdóttir in 1860, Rosa was 13 years old

  • Occupation:

  • 1870 (age 21-22)

  • bústýra (housekeeper for Rafn); Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1

  •  

  • but had a child

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 21-22)

  • Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1

  • Immigration:

  • 1873 (age 24-25)

  • to Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland6

  • Immigration:

  • 1874 (age 25-26)

  • to Canada7,9

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1880 (age 31-32)

  • Canada9

  • Residence:

  • c. 1888 (age 39-40)

  • Isafold District, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 57-58)

  • Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba14

  •  

  • (with son in law)

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 62-63)

  • Gimli village (with son inlaw Gisli), Manitoba15

  • Religion:

  • 1911 (age 62-63)

  • Luthern7

  • Residence:

  • Jun 16, 1916 (age 68)

  • (possible ??) Annie St. Selkirk Manitoba16

  •  

  • (inmate of Asylum)

  • Residence:

  • frm Jun 12, 1920 to Jul 27, 1930 (age 72-82)

  • Betal Home, Gimli, Manitoba17

  • Death:

  • Jul 27, 1930 (age 82)

  • Betel Home, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada17,18

  • Burial:

  • Jul 29, 1930

  • Block N14-11 Gimli Community Cemetery, Gimli, Manitoba

Child 1: Björn Sigurgeir JÓNSSON

  • Name:

  • Björn Sigurgeir JÓNSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Jul 11, 1865

  • Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1,6

  •  

  • possible Melstaðarsókn

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 4-5)

  • Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland19

  •  

  • with his mother and Rafn

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 14-15)

  • léttadrengur ( light work); Grafarkot, Melstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland20

  •  

  • worked for Ólafur Ólafsson

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 14-15)

  • Grafarkot, Melstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland20

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 22-23)

  • to USA from Vigdísarstöðum, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland21,22

  •  

  • arrived on the ship "Devonia" at New York City

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • USA or Canada

Sources

1.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870.

2.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. Keldur, Gufunessókn, Kjósarsýsla.

3.

Icelandic Census 1845. Bakki, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla.

4.

Icelandic Census 1855. Staðarbakki, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

5.

Icelandic Census 1860. Rófa, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

6.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

7.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911, (June 6 and 7).

8.

Church of the Latter day Saints, Church of the Latter day Saints.

9.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901.

10.

Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.

11.

Icelandic Census 1850.

12.

Icelandic Census 1855.

13.

Icelandic Census 1860.

14.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1906.

15.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911.

16.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

17.

unknown, Lögberg.

18.

Government of manitoba, death registration.

19.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

20.

Icelandic Census 1880. Grafarkot, Melstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

21.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. no source given.

22.

Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-BYZR-8?cc=1849782&wc=MX6L-RM9%3A165916601 : 28 July 2014), 523 - 16 Jul 1888-10 Aug 1888 > image 79 of 932; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).