ID: 7186
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1942
Jóhann Björnsson was born on July 31, 1856 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Alberta on May 3, 1942.
Spouse: 1) December 24, 1884 Dýrleif Sigurrós Brynjólfsdóttir, died in childbirth in 1885 2) December 9, 1887 Margrét Jónsdóttir of the family at Viðvík in Skagafjörður, d. September 10, 1904 3) April 19, 1906 Sigurást Daðadóttir b. August 10, 1863 in Dalasýsla, d. April 27, 1949.
Children: With Margrét: 1. Guðrún Jóhanna 2. Ólafur Pétur.
Jóhann came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 then moved to the Eyford Settlement in N. Dakota in 1884. He moved from there to the Markerville Settlement in Alberta in 1888.