ID: 4675
Date of birth : 1904
Date of death : 1939
Jóhann Pétur Þorkelsson was born in Bolungarvík in Ísafjarðarsýsla on October 10, 1904. He died in Winnipeg on November 1, 1939. He took the name Otto Jónasson in the west.
Spouse: February 21, 1924 Ásrún Jakobsdóttir b. September 12, 1903. She took the last name Vopnfjörð in the west.
Children: They had two sons and a daughter.
Jóhann came west in 1913 with his mother, Jóhanna Ámundadóttir, and her second husband, Jónas Jónasson. They lived in Winnipeg. Ásrún was the daughter of Jakob Jónsson Vopnfjörð and Dagbjartur Elíasdóttir. Jóhann worked at Standard Dairies Ltd. in Winnipeg.