Jóhanna Soffía Jóhannesdóttir was born on August 16, 1864 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on November 10, 1946 in Minnesota.
Spouse: Þorvaldur Gunnarsson b. December 30, 1853 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. December 12, 1944 í Washington County, Minnesota. He took the name Gunnar J. Thorwald in the west.
Children: 1. Jónína Amalía b. 1884 2. Margrét b. 1889 3. Sigrún b. January 4, 1894 4. Soffía b. 1896 5. Matilda María b. 1898 6. Mínerva b. 1899, d. at a few years of age? 7. Mínerva b. December 6, 1905.
Þorvaldur came west to Winnipeg in 1899 and Jóhanna arrived a year later with four of their daughters; Amalía and Sigrún came west in 1901. They first lived in Selkirk, Manitoba but then moved to Stillwater, Minnesota. Þorvaldur was a carpenter but spent his last years working in a grain elevator.