Hjálmar Jóhannesson

ID: 4076
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1931

Hjálmar Jóhannesson: Born in 1858 in Dalasýsla. He died on July 25, 1931 in Riverton.

Spouse: 1886 Guðbjörg Sturlaugsdóttir b. 1862. in the same sýsla, d. September 3, 1912.

Children: 1.Kristín Guðbjörg b. May 1, 1888 2. Jóhannes Ágúst 3. Sturlaugur Halldór 4. Sesselja Sigríður 5. Marvin Frímann 6. Stefán Hjálmar. They came west with a foster son, Sigurður Jónsson b. in Dalasýsla in 1878.

They emigrated west in 1888 and first lived in Hallson, N. Dakota. They took land in the Geysir Settlement and moved there in 1901.