ID: 2686
Date of birth : 1893
Jónína Jóhannesdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Jónína Þuríður Jóhannesdóttir was born on June 29, 1893 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: January 13, 1918 Páll Valdimar Pálsson b. in Winnipeg on May 3, 1894.
Children: 1. Valdimar b. December 11, 1918 2. Elísabet b. February 27, 1920 3. Jóhannes b. May 26, 1921 4. May Pauline b. May 3, 1930.
Jónína’s parents were Jóhannes Pálsson and Elísabet Snorradóttir who came west in 1902. Páll was the son of Valdimar Pálsson and Kristín Guðrún Sigurðardóttir in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. He grew up in Winnipeg but moved in 1906 with his father to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and took land near Leslie. He was a farmer but moved in 1918 to Foam Lake.