ID: 19295
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1957
Jóhannes Andrésson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 28, 1873. He died in N. Dakota on December 8, 1957. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: 1901 Anna Jóhannsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 20, 1877, d. January 7, 1956.
Children: 1. Ágústína María b. 1902 2. Jóhanna Guðrún b. May 19, 1904 3. Jósef (Joseph) b. October 17, 1906, d. 1982 4. Lilja b. 1912 5. Elvin Friðfinnur b. August 3, 1915 6. Sigurbjörg b. 1918 7. Anna b. 1920.
Jóhannes came west across the ocean in 1893 and began farming near Mountain, N. Dakota in 1897. He lived there the rest of his days. Anna was the daughter of Jóhann Sigurðsson and Karitas Sveinsdóttir in Skagafjörður and came west in 1901.