Jóhanna Björnsdóttir

ID: 12484
Date of birth : 1894

Jóhanna Björnsdóttir was born on June 10, 1894 in N. Múlasýsla. She had the last name Heidman in the west.

Spouse: March 31, 1925 Hannes Jónsson b. on a ship on the Atlantic Ocean on August 27, 1887. He had the last name Anderson in the west.

Childless.

Jóhanna was the daughter of Björn Sigurðsson and Guðrún Valgerður Hallgrímsdóttir of N. Múlasýsla, and came west with them in 1903. Hannes’ parents were Jón Júlíus Árnason and his second wife Guðrún Halldóra Sigurðardóttir.  He was in the Canadian Army 1918-1919, then farmed in the Hóla settlement in Manitoba for 17 years. He later moved to Glenboro and worked as a carpenter.