ID: 18319
Born west
Date of birth : 1878
Date of death : 1945
Þorkell Bjarni Magnússon was born in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland on November 5, 1878. He died in New Iceland on February 7, 1945. He had the name Þorkell B Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Friðrika María Jóhannsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on December 22, 1878, d. January 30, 1951 in Gimli, Manitoba.
Children: 1. Kristjana Magnúsína b. July 3, 1907 2. Soffía Jóhanna b. August 3, 1909 3. Vilhjálmur Guðjón b. April 17, 1912 4. Þorgerður (Thorgerdur) Margrét b. February 28, 1914. Two other children died young.
Þorkell was the son of Magnús Jóhannesson and Kristjana Jónsdóttir in the Árnes settlement. Friðrika’s parents were Jóhann Árnason and Dóróthea Sofía Abrahamsdóttir. Þorkell was a farmer in New Iceland.