Jóhannes Einarsson Photo: Almanak 1944
Jóhannes Einarsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on June 19, 1863.
Spouse: June 22, 1886 Sigurlaug Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1867 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Elína b. March 11, 1889 2. Jón b. December 4, 1890, d. 1917 3. Sigursteinn b. October 8, 1892 4. Jóhannes b. August 5, 1895 5. Vilhjálmur b. December 24, 1897 6. Ingólfur b. April 8, 1901 7. Einar b. October 10, 1902 8. Sveinn b. August 21, 1904 9. Sæmundur b. September 2, 1905 10. Sigurlaug Margrét b. February 3, 1907 11. Franklín b. October 10, 1910. Coming west with them were: a) Bjarni M. Loftsson b. 1874 b) Svanhildur Jóelsdóttir b. 1882. In Grýtubakkahreppur, they were listed as needy children.
They emigrated in 1889 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. A year later, they moved west to Saskatchewan and were among the first settlers in the Lögberg settlement.