Hansína Jóhannesdóttir

ID: 13353
Date of birth : 1856

Hansína Jóhannesdóttir was born on May 14, 1856 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in April 21, 1939 in New Westminster, British Columbia.

Spouse: Sigurður Jónsson b.in N. Múlasýsla on November 8, 1840, d. in the Fljóts settlement on December 5, 1899.

Children: 1. Jón b. September 18, 1885 2. Helga b. 1888 3. Guðfinna Hansína b. April 13, 1889 4. Margrét b. December 31, 1891 5. Guðmundur b. 1892, d. September 6, 1893 6.  Sigurlaug Guðríður b. August 10, 1894 7. Gunnar Sigurður b. August 22, 1896.

They came west to Winnipeg in 1893 and from there moved to New Iceland. They settled in the Fljóts settlement. Hansína moved a year after Sigurður’s death to Winnipeg where her stepdaughters from Sigurður’s first marriage, Sigþrúður and Una, helped her with her children. In 1920 Hansína moved west to the Pacific Ocean.