Jóhann Jóhannsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on April 18, 1870. He died in Roseau County in Minnesota on August 17, 1947.
Spouse: May 3, 1899 Jónína Guðleif Jónasdóttir b. April 9, 1881, d. in Roseau on February 21, 1942. She had the last name Gislason in the west.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. September 16, 1897 2. Valdimar b. 1898, d. 1919 3. Ásta Guðrún b. 1900, d. 1923 4. Jónas b. June 7, 1902 5. Ingibjörg (Emma) b. 1905, d. 1918 6. Edward b. August 15, 1907 7. Jón (John) b. June 20, 1910, d. December 19, 1979 8. Gustav b. March 3, 1914 9. Mary b. 1919.
Jóhann came west to N. Dakota in 1888 and his parents, Jóhann Guðmundsson and Una Stefánsdóttir, arrived there a year later. They lived together in Hallson until the turn of the century, then settled in Roseau County in Minnesota.