When Sæmundur Jonsson was born on 30 June 1849, in Iceland, his father, Jon Jonsson, was 38 and his mother, Guðbjörg Eyjólfsdóttir, was 26. He married Kristín Bjarnadottir on 7 November 1880, in Kross, Rangárvallasýsla, Southern, Iceland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to United States in 1886. He died on 20 April 1905, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Lars, Lennart, Thor, Alf, Anders, Arni, Erik, Jorgen, Mats, Olafur, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jon, Scandinavian form of John . Compare Jonson 2.
English: variant of Johnson , although this form of the English name may have died out in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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