ID: 18836
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1925
Banjamín Jónsson and Jóhanna Hallgrímsdóttir. Photo: WtW
Áshildur Benjamínsdóttir Photo: WtW
Benjamín Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1862. He died in Manitoba on January 13, 1925. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Jóhanna Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1874, d. April 10, 1942.
Children: 1. Guðný b. 1895, d. 1906 2. Jón b. 1897 3. Guðrún b. 1898 d. 1906 4. Ottó b. 1905 5. Auður b. 1908 6. Guðný Guðrún b. 1911. Benjamín also had Þórður b. 1900 and Áshildur. b. 1889.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1905 and took land in the Lundar Settlement.
Auður and Guðný Photo: WtW
Jón, Ottó and Þórður Photo: WtW