Jóhanna Guðmundsdóttir

ID: 2998
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Vestmannaeyjar
Date of death : 1935

Jóhanna Guðmundsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on October 1, 1841. She died in Mapleton, Utah on April 22, 1935, buried in Spanish Fork.

Spouse: October 16, 1868 Guðmundur Guðmundsson b. in Rangárvallasýsla on January 22, 1842, d. August 24, 1919.

Children: 1. Sólrún  b. October 11, 1867, d. March 8, 1949 2. Jóhanna  b. January 20, 1870, d. November 24, 1892 3. Ingveldur b. December 30, 1874, d. July 11, 1966 4. Guðbjörg  b. November 14, 1876, d. May 27, 1962 5. María b. May 11, 1878, d. September 15, 1951 6. Jónína Steinunn b. January 31, 1880, d. March 4, 1963 7. Ragnhildur b. May 2, 1873, d. November 9, 1891. Jóhanna also had a son Sæmund Sæmundsson earlier.

Guðmundur and Jóhanna emigrated with Guðbjörg, Jónína, María, and Sæmund west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1886. Ingveldur emigrated in 1887 and Sólrún, Ragnhildur and Jóhanna arrived in 1888. Guðmundur and Jóhanna, together with Sólrún, Guðbjörg, and Jóhanna, moved to Raymond, Alberta in Canada. They lived there six years, but then moved back to Mapleton, Utah and they stayed there. Sólrún and Guðbjörg remained in Raymond.