Gunnlaugur Jóhannsson

ID: 8068
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1952

Gunnlaugur Frímann Jóhannsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 22, 1862. He died on August 28, 1952 in Winnipeg.  He took the last name Freeman in the west.

Spouse: Elín Jónsdóttir b. July 21, 1857, d. before 1900.

Children: 1. Jóhann Tryggvi b. 1887 2. Anna b. September 13, 1899.

They came west in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugur lived in the Vallar settlement in Saskatchewan up to the turn of the century, but later moved to Gimli and then to Selkirk. He lived there many years.