Guðbjörg Jóhannesdóttir

ID: 4144
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : Dalasýsla

Josephine Guðríður, Jón Björgvin, Agnes Jónína, Guðbjörg, and Rósbjörg Guðrún  Photo: RbQ

Guðbjörg Jóhannesdóttir was born on December 11, 1882 in Dalasýsla.

Spouse: July 16, 1919 Jón Björgvin Guðjónsson b. November 28, 1885 in N. Múlasýsla, d. August 26, 1966 in Saskatchewan.

Children: 1. Rósbjörg Guðrún b. December 26, 1920 2. Agnes Jónína b. December 21, 1923 3. Josephine Guðríður b. June 5, 1926.

Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1889. He grew up in the Argyle Settlement and moved with his parents to Tantallon in 1900 and from there in 1910 to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. He took land near Kandahar. Guðbjörg was just a few months old when she emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her parents, Jóhannes Jónson and Guðrún Andrésdóttir, in 1882. They lived in Winnipeg.