ID: 5397
Date of birth : 1850
Date of death : 1939
Gestur Jóhannsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1850. Died in 1939.
Spouse: Ósk Sveinsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1856.
Children: 1. Jónína Margrét b. 1884 2. Jóhann b. 1886.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in Selkirk. After a few years, they moved to Poplar Park. Gestur wrote the book of poems, Ljóðmæli, in Selkirk in 1900.