Grímur Jóhannesson

ID: 19512
Date of birth : 1835
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1923

Grímur Jóhannesson was born on June 24, 1835 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died at Betel in Gimli on September 4, 1923. He took the name Breiðfjörð in the west.

Spouse: Júlíana Ragnheiður Benediktsdóttir b. July 11, 1836, d. December 4, 1912 in Manitoba.

Children: 1. Ágúst Gísli b. August 11, 1869.

They came west to Manitoba in 1894 and first settled in the Ísafold Settlement in New Iceland.  They moved to the Grunnavatns Settlement.