ID: 15329
Date of birth : 1839
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1879
Jóhann Bjarnason was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1834. He died in Markland, Nova Scotia in 1879.
Spouse: Herdís Höskuldsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1833.
Children: 1. Þorvaldur Árni b. 1857 2. Guðvarður b. 1852 3. Árni Mikael b. 1872. Jóhann had a son, Jóhann, earlier.
They emigrated west to Ontario, Canada and spent the first winter in Kinmount. They travelled east to Markland, Nova Scotia, but after her husband’s death, Herdís moved to Winnipeg together with her son, Guðvarður, and stepson, Jóhann. In the 1878 census of Markland, neither Þorvaldur Árni nor Árni Mikael are listed.