ID: 4140
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1898
Jóhannes Jónsson was born on March 2, 1845 in Dalasýsla. He died in Winnipeg on June 21, 1898. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Guðrún Andrésdóttir b. 1852 in Dalasýsla, d. March 31, 1941.
Children: 1. Þorgils b. May 13, 1878 2. Jón b. December 5, 1881 3. Guðbjörg b. December 11, 1882 4. Jóhannes Bergmann b. January 17, 1886 5. Kristín Rósbjörg b. October 23, 1889, d. December 24, 1905 6. Vilhjálmur Andrés b. November 10, 1892.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived for a few years in New Iceland. They moved from there to Winnipeg and lived there. Jóhannes’ widowed mother, Björg Jónsdóttir, came west with them.