Haraldur Jóhannesson

ID: 9914
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1930

Haraldur Jóhannesson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. He died in Manitoba in 1930. He took the last name of Olson in the west.

Spouse: Karítas Hansína Einarsdóttir born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1864, d. February 9, 1955.

Children: 1) Baldur 2) Sigríður 3) William

Haraldur came west with his parents to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882.  He lived with them the first years and, in 1889, bought land with his father in the Argyle Settlement. He lived there for some time before moving back to Winnipeg.