ID: 16464
Born west
Date of birth : 1892
Jóhann Guðfinnur Bjarnason was born in Riverton on April 13, 1892. He died in the Fljóts Settlement on May 3, 1968. He had the name Joe Benson in the west.
Spouse: May 10, 1916 Sigurlín Ágústa Þorvarðardóttir b. in the Fljóts Settlement on August 29, 1896.
Children: 1. Þorvarður Bjarni b. January 21, 1918 2. Unnsteinn b. October 16, 1920 3. Stefán b. October 16, 1920 4. Jóhann (Irvin) b. May 31, 1936. They adopted Guðríður Sigurlín Sveinbjörnsdóttir, b. October 1, 1912.
Jóhann, son of Bjarni Júlíanusson and Steinunn Gísladóttir at Vindheimum in the Fljóts Settlement, fished in Lake Winnipeg but later turned to agriculture. Sigurlín was the daughter of Þorvarður Stefánsson and Guðríður Jónsdóttir, settlers in the Fljóts Settlement in 1886.