Jóhannes Vigfússon was born in N. Múlasýsla on August 9, 1855. He died in Alberta, Canada in 1924. He was known as Jóhannes or Jóhann Sveinsson in the west.
Spouse: Steinunn Jasonardóttir b. 1867 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Alberta in 1947.
Children: 1. Anna Sigurbjörg b. December 26, 1888 in Mountain, ND 2. Sveinn b. September 10, 1890 3. Ellis 4. Jason Sigurpáll b. March 23, 1894 5. Inga b. December 6, 1895 6. Guðrún b. September 9, 1897 7. Pálína b. 1899 8. Guðbjörg Guðmundína b. in Alberta on August 15, 1901 9. Emilu Margrét b. January 18, 1903 10. Oddur Guðni Leo b. April 17, 1905 11. Sadie Sigríður b. February 2, 1907 12. Aldís María b. May 24, 1909.
Jóhannes was the son of Vigfús Guðmundsson and Sigurbjörg Björnsdóttir. He came west with his mother and her husband, Sveinn Þorsteinsson, in 1876. They settled in Mikley in New Iceland. Sveinn died there and his mother lived a number of years in the Fljóts Settlement before moving to Pembina, N. Dakota in 1880. Jóhannes followed her through these years and moved with her to Mountain, N. Dakota and there he met Steinunn. They moved west to Alberta at the turn of the century and settled near Red Deer. Steinunn had come west to Canada in 1874 with her parents, Jason Þórðarson and Anna Jóhannesdóttir.