ID: 11257
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Jóhannes Sigurðsson was born at Brettingsstaðir in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1864.
Spouse: Ragnhildur b. in Iceland in 1858, any more information is missing.
Children: 1. Sigríður (Sig) b. 1901 in Duluth 2. Fríða (Freda) b. 1903 in Washington.
Brettingsstaðir. Photo: Laxdælir
Jóhannes came west with his brother Halldór in 1889 and they settled in Duluth, Washington. In 1910, Jóhannes’ family settled in Waterman Township in Kittsap County, Washington and then in 1920 in Seattle. Jóhannes worked in a shipyard there.