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Jon Jonsson Freeman and
Sigurlaug Thorbergsdottir immigrated from Iceland to Canada in
1883. They departed from Akureyri and crossed the Atlantic
aboard the Craigforth.
They made the journey with their one year
old child, Kristán Eyfjorð Jónsson, who must have later died
from a childhood illness because they gave their first child
born in Canada the same name. They were married in Winnipeg in
1883. Five years later, in 1890,
they move to Argyle, Manitoba and homesteaded. They lived on
that farm until 1903 when they sold their land and belongings
and moved to the West Coast.
Jon Jonsson Freeman's actual name is Jon Johannes Jonsson. He changed his surname to Freeman in North America due
to the proliferation of Jon Jonssons where he lived. He was from Midgerdi in Miklagardsokn in Eyjafjardarsyslu, Iceland. He was born May 28, 1843 and died in Blaine, Washington on November 01, 1931. Jon's parents were Jóhannes Guðmundsson (1786-1877) and Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir (1789-1864). Sigurlaug Thorbergsdottir was
born in Skagafjordur, Iceland on April 06, 1858. She died in
Blaine, Washington on January 28, 1935. Her parents were
Þorbergur Þorbergsson (1801-1868)and Kristín Gísladóttir
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