Brief Life History of Jón
When Jón Einarsson was born about 1762, in Skúmsstaðir, Rangárvallasýsla, Southern, Iceland, his father, Einar Guðmundsson, was 38 and his mother, Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir, was 29.
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World Events (3)
1783
Volcanic eruptions in occur ruining the land which led to the starvation of animals and approx 25% of the Icelandic people.
1800
The Althing was abolished by the Danish king.
1814
Norway enters union with Sweden. Iceland remains under Danish rule.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Einarsson: patronymic from the personal name Einar (see Einerson ).
Americanized form of Norwegian Einarsen, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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