ID: 3830
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1917
Jóhannes Magnússon Photo AOT 1916
Jóhannes Magnússon was born on April 10, 1852. He died in New Iceland on December 20, 1917.
Spouse: 1) 1883 Kristín Jóhannesdóttir b. 1856, d. 1884 2) June 9, 1885 Kristín Sigurbjörnsdóttir b. 1866, d. September 23, 1925.
Children: With first wife: 1. Kristín. With second wife: 1. Hallgrímur Friðrik 2. Jóhannes b. 1889 3. Anna 4. Guðrún 5. Sigurbjörg 6. Magnús Sigurbjörn 7. Haraldur 8. Jóhann Kristján 9. Guðlaugur 10. Helga 11. Gunnsteinn. Another five children did not live.
Jóhannes emigrated west to Ontario in Canada in 1874 and stayed there one year. He moved to New Iceland in 1875 and settled in the Árnes Settlement on land he called Dagverðarnes.