ID: 7672
Date of birth : 1837
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1900
Þorfinnur Jóhannesson, his wife, and three of their children Photo: SÍND
Þorfinnur Jóhannesson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1837. He died in 1900 in Cavalier, N. Dakota.
Spouse: Elísabet Pétursdóttir born in 1839 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in N. Dakota in 1911.
Children: 1. Margrét b. May 3, 1865 2. Þorlákur b. August 27, 1866 3. Kristín b. 1869 4. Guðrún b. 1871, d. 1875 5. Guðný b. April 11, 1874 6. Pétur b. 1875, d. 1933 7. Árni b. 1877, d. 1943 8. Friðrik (Fred) b. January 12, 1881. Petrína b. 1863, d. 1871.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882 and settled in Mountain, N. Dakota. They moved to the Cavalier Settlement and bought land there in 1899.