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United States Jonsson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jonsson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Pal Jonsson, who arrived in Delaware in 1641 1
  • Thomas Jonsson, who landed in Delaware in 1693 1
  • Jon Jonsson, who landed in Delaware in 1693 1
  • Mans Jonsson, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1693 1
  • Nils Jonsson, who arrived in Delaware in 1693 1
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Jonsson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Peter Jonsson, aged 33, who arrived in America in 1821 1
  • Sven Jonsson, aged 27, who arrived in New York in 1844 1
  • Johanna Jonsson, aged 12, who landed in New York in 1844 1
  • Jons Magnus Jonsson, aged 32, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
  • Gustaf Jonsson, aged 36, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
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Jonsson Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Lars Jonsson, who landed in Mississippi in 1902 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Jonsson (post 1700) +

  • John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995), American politician, Mayor of Dallas, Texas, 1964-71 2
  • Gustaf Adolf Jonsson (1879-1949), Swedish winner of a gold, sliver, and bronze Olympic medals for shooting at 1908, 1912, and 1920 games
  • Grímur Jónsson (1752-1829), Icelandic scholar
  • Tony Jonsson, Icelandic fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force, during World War II, credited with 5 aerial victories

RMS Titanic
  • Mr. Carl Jonsson, aged 32, Swedish Third Class passenger from Kalfsnäs, Småland who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived in the sinking in life boat 15 3


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  3. Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html


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