Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir

ID: 12376
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla

Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1868.

Spouse: Úlfar Gunnlaugsson born in Þingeyjarsýsla in 1854. He died in Selkirk before 1912.

Children: 1. Leó b. 1898 2. Ísfeldur b. October 12, 1899.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and lived in Selkirk. Jóhanna’s mother, Ólöf Júlíana Gunnarsdóttir, came west with them. After Úlfar’s death, the family moved to Keewatin, Ontario where Ísfelur worked for the Lake of the Woods Milling Co.