ID: 20296
Born west
Date of birth : 1922
Date of death : 2005
Óli P J Josephson Photo: Winnipeg Free Press 2005
Óli Pétur Josephson was born on August 31, 1922 in Gimli in New Iceland on March 29, 2005.
Spouse: Ólöf Rósbjörg Jóhannesdóttir b. December 1, 1921 in the Geysir settlement, d. 1994. She had the last name Thordarson in the west and later Josephson with marriage.
Children: 1. Fredrik (Ricky) Jóhannes Óli 2. Jónína Kathleen 3. Peter Glenn.
Ólöf was the daughter of Jóhannes B. Thordarson and Jónína Þuríður Daníelsdóttir who lived a long time at Nýhagi in the Geysir settlement and later in Gimli. Óli Pétur was the son of Óli Jósephsson and Rósa Gísladóttir at Melstað in Gimli. Oli was the provincial government’s supervisor of fisheries in Lake Winnipeg. He and Ólöf lived in Winnipeg.