Jóhanna Magnúsdóttir

ID: 13957
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla

Jóhanna Magnúsdóttir was born in Rangárvallasýsla on February 13, 1850.

Spouse: May 14, 1871 Stefán Jóhannes Þorláksson b. October 30, 1844 in S. Múlasýsla.

Children: 1. Magnús b. February 25, 1872, d. 1907 in Manitoba 2. Steinunn b. December 2, 1873 3. Karítas b. 1876, d. 1882 4. Fanney b. 1880, d. 1881 5. Þorlákur b. February 18, 1884. 6. Jóhannes b, March 26, 1888, d. July 2, 1916.

Jóhanna came west to the United States in 1888 with sons Þorlákur, Jóhannes, and Steinunn. The family travelled with her mother, Oddný Þórðardóttir, and her sister Oddný.  Stefán had come west a year earlier. They lived near New York, but then moved in 1890 to Churchbridge, Saskatchewan.