Helga Jóhannsdóttir

ID: 14516
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1953

Helga Jóhannsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1863. She died on October 1, 1953.

Spouse: 1) Marteinn Jónsson b. November 16, 1849 in Dalasýsla. They divorced in Winnipeg. 2) 1892 Helgi Bjarnason b. in Húnavatnssýsla on June 7, 1867, d. 1931.

Children: With Marteinn: 1. Jóna Jóhanna b. 1885 2. Sveinberg Ólafur b. 1886 3. Jóhann Ragnar b. 1888. With Helgi: 1. Elizabeth 2. Olivia 3. Halldóra d. in childhood 4. Agla d. in childhood 5. Oscar 6. Þorbjörg 7. Bertil 8. Victor.

Helga and Marteinn came west to Winnipeg in 1888. They divorced there and Jóna and Jóhann Ragnar went with their mother, while Sveinberg moved to New Iceland with his father. Helga later married Helgi Bjarnason who had come west in 1890.