ID: 8211
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Katrín Sigríður Ólafsdóttir
Jóhann Jóhannsson was born on July 9, 1856 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Big Point, Manitoba on February 21, 1929.
Spouse: October 20, 1882 Katrín Sigríður Ólafsdóttir b. July 16, 1854 in Húnavatnssýsla.
Children: 1. Jóhann Arnór b. 1885 2. Árni Margeir b. October 21, 1891 3. Ólafína Sigríður 4. Helga 5. Guðmundína Anna 6. Guðrún Sigurlína.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. They soon started farming in the new Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan and lived there until 1892. They then moved east to Lake Manitoba and after a few years in Vogar and Sandy Bay they arrived at Big Point in 1897.