ID: 9338
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1949
Jóhann Óli Björnsson and Halldóra Guðjónsdóttir Photo: RbQ
Jóhann Óli Björnsson was born in Ljósavatnshreppur in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1866. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1949. He was known as J. Oli Bjornson in the west.
Spouse: Halldóra Guðjónsdóttir b. 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1958 in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Sigrún 3. Edward d. November 17, 1942 4. Kristinn
They came west in 1890 and moved to N. Dakota. From there, they went to Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1900. They lived there 7 years, but next moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907.