Jón Ólafur Jóhannsson Photo: VÍÆ III
Jón Ólafur Jóhannsson was born in Víðines (Willow Point) in Manitoba on November 9, 1875. He died on January 25, 1943.
Spouse: February 18, 1903 Oddfríður Sveinsdóttir b. at Kálfanes in Strandasýsla on October 1, 1876.
Children: 1. Dorothea Sigríður b. December 24, 1904 2. Jóhann Haraldur b. March 16, 1906 3. Eleanor b. November 20, 1912 4. Þuríður Magnúsína b. March 21, 1915 5. Stefán Árni b. January 29, 1918.
Jón was the son of Jóhann Vilhjálm Jónsson from Jódísarstaðir in Eyjafjörður and Sigríður Ólafsdóttir from Gilsá in Eyjafjörður. Jóhann and Sigríður came west in 1874, lived the first year in Kinmount, Ontario but moved from there west to Manitoba in the fall of 1875. Jón had a fishing business on Lake Winnipeg and also farmed.