María Jóhannsdóttir

ID: 8807
Date of birth : 1878
Date of death : 1951

Friðrika María Jóhannsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on December 22, 1878. She died on January 30, 1951 in Gimli, Manitoba.

Spouse: Þorkell Bjarni Magnússon b. in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland on November 5, 1878, d. New Iceland on February 7, 1945. He had the name Þorkell B Johnson in the west.

Children: 1. Kristjana Magnúsína b. July 3, 1907 2. Soffía Jóhanna b. August 3, 1909 3. Vilhjálmur Guðjón b. April 17, 1912 4. Þorgerður (Thorgerdur) Margrét b. February 28, 1914. Two other children died young.

Þorkell was the son of Magnús Jóhannesson and Kristjana Jónsdóttir in the Árnes settlement. Friðrika’s parents were Jóhann Árnason and Dóróthea Sofía Abrahamsdóttir. Þorkell was a farmer in New Iceland.