Jóhanna Hannesdóttir

ID: 12153
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla

Jóhanna Sigurbjörg Hannesdóttir was born on April 14, 1858 in N. Múlasýsla.

Spouse: November 1, 1881 Stefán Guðnason b. December 13, 1850 in N. Múlasýsla, d. March 26, 1916 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Children: 1. Hannes Rósinkar b. 1877 2. Sigrún b. June 28, 1882 3. Stefanía Friðrikka b. October 30, 1883 4. Jón Ólafur b. August 18, 1886, d. November 17, 1908 5. Anna Sveinína b. January 17, 1889  6. Kristín Vilborg b. December 26, 1891 7. Petrína (Petra) 8. Sigurgeir b. November 14, 1894.

They came west to Winnipeg in 1893 with four of their children. Hannes did not come west. They settled in the Hnausa Settlement.*

*Almanak 1932 pg. 51 says that he took land in the Geysir Settlement. The same is said in Vestur Íslenskar Æviskrár 1, pg. 315. The local history in the book Hnausa Reflections records him and his son in the Hnausa Settlement.