Fanney Jóhannsdóttir

ID: 17021
Born west
Date of birth : 1912
Place of birth : Winnipeg

Fanney Jóhannsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I

Fanney Victoria Jóhannsdóttir was born in Winnipeg on September 6, 1912.

Spouse: Ingi Kristjánsson b. in Winnipeg on March 23, 1908, d. in Manitoba on June 13, 1943. He had the name Ingi Stefanson in the west.

Children: 1. Thora Anna b. October 29, 1941 in Fort William, Ontario.

Fanney was the daughter of Jóhann Magnússon and Ólöf Össurardóttir who came west in 1911. Ingi was the son of Kristján Stefánsson and Rannveig Eiríksdóttir who were married in Winnipeg in 1907. They were farmers in Vestfold in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) where Ingi grew up. He moved from there to Winnipeg and lived there many years.  Fanney and Ingi were in Ontario 1940 – 1943, then moved to Winnipeg and lived there.