ID: 19718
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1941
Ólafur Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on October 2, 1863. He died in Victoria, British Columbia on January 10, 1941. He took the name Oliver Johnson in the west.
Spouse: May 19, 1888 Guðrún Arnfinnsdóttir b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1862, d. in Victoria on May 8, 1915.
Children: 1. Jón Valdimar b. August 4, 1889, d. March 21, 1963 2. Björn Ingimar b. December 10, 1890, d. January 12, 1964 3. Lilian b. January 16, 1893, d. March 11, 1969 4. Anna Dagmar b. May 6, 1894.
Ólafur came west to Winnipeg in 1881 and lived there two years before moving west to the Pacific and settling in Victoria on Vancouver Island. He lived there the rest of his life. Guðrún emigrated in 1886 and likely went to Victoria.