ID: 6945
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1917
Jóhann Einarsson Photo: VÍÆ III
Jóhann Einarsson was born on April 2, 1853 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Duluth, Minnesota on September 22, 1917.
Spouse: Elín Benonísdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on October 22, 1850, d. March 12, 1930 in Seattle.
Children: 1. Sturla b. December 9, 1879 2. Nanna b. November 3, 1882 3. Baldur b. March 10, 1886, d. January 4, 1962.
They came west to N. Dakota in 1883 and moved a year later to Duluth, Minnesota. Jóhann had various jobs there, but later ran his own dairy farm for 18 years. He was skilled at verse-making and wrote and composed poems and stories.