Jóhannes Sigurðsson

ID: 6244
Date of birth : 1884
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla

Jóhannes Sigurðsson was born 1884 in Húnavatnssýsla. He took the name Albert S. Wilson in the west.

Spouse: 1904 Jóhanna Guðmundsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1881

Children: 1. Franklín 2. Metonia Thelma 3. Richard 4. Margrét 5. Karl Albert 6. Emil Jón 7. Jóhanna Norma

Jóhannes was only three years old when in 1887 he emigrated from Iceland with his parents, Sigurður Erlendsson and Medónía Indriðadóttir. They settled in Winnipeg where his father worked for the Winnipeg Water System for 20 years. Jóhanna, at the age of 19, emigrated west to Winnipeg in 1900. They bought land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement.