ID: 8353
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Jón G Þorgeirsson and Hallfríður Jónsdóttir with foster daughter Guðrún Snorradóttir. Photo owned by the descendants of Kristjana Jónsdóttir from Mýri.
Jóhann Gottfreð Þorgeirsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1862.
Spouse: Hallfríður Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. 1863 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Childless, but they raised two foster children: 1. Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. 1896 at Mýri 2. Guðrún H. Snorradóttir b. in Winnipeg 1886.
Jóhann came west alone to Winnipeg in 1882. Hallfríður was the daughter of Jón Rögnvaldsson and Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir who came west in 1889. Hallfríður’s sister was Kristjana, wife of Jón Jónsson at Mýri. Jóhann and Hallfríður lived in Winnipeg.