Jóhannes L Sigvaldason

ID: 19484
Date of birth : 1877
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla

Jóhannes Líndal Sigvaldason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1877.

Spouse: 1819 Þorbjörg Davíðsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on January 28, 1871, d. February 17, 1931.

Childless, but Jóhannes had a son, Jóhann, adopted by Þorbjörg.

Jóhannes was the half-brother of Björn Ingvar, Sigvald’s eldest son, but his mother was Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir from Vatnshorn at Vatnsnes.  Jóhannes emigrated west before the turn of the century, while Þorbjörg emigrated after 1910. They bought land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement.