Jóhanna Sveinsdóttir Photo: FVTV
Jóhanna Guðný Helga Sveinsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on February 9, 1861. She died in Cleveland, Utah on May 27, 1927. She took the name Hannah Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1) Samúel Bjarnason b. April 22, 1823, d. August 16, 1890 2) 1884 Jens Peter Andersen b. December 14, 1857 in Denmark, d. November 7, 1926 in Cleveland.
Children: 1. James Theodore b. 1884, d. 1957 2. Helga María b. 1886, d. 1955 3. Lawrence b. 1888, d. 1902 4. Alice Laurena b. 1891, d. 1955 5. Mary Perley b. 1893, d. 1902 6. Emma Solveig b. 1895, d. 1966 7. Annie Mathilda b. 1898, d. 1899 8. Eunice Ada b. 1900, d. 1902 9. Vera Josephine b. 1904, d. 1988 10. John Earl b. 1906, d. 1969.
Jóhanna emigrated west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1881. This was where her parents, Sveinn Þórðarson and Helga Árnadóttir, lived. Her first marriage was short-lived. After she and Jens lived for a short time in Spanish Fork, they moved to Scofield and lived there a number of years. Life’s road led them to Cleveland, Utah in 1902 where they lived thereafter.