ID: 20115
Date of birth : 1869
Date of death : 1967
Jóhanna Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV
Jóhanna Jónsdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on July 22, 1869. She died in Vancouver on February 22, 1967.
Spouse: December 15, 1916 Jóhannes Lárusson b. September 11, 1872 in Snæfllsnessýsla, d. in Vancouver on July 29, 1945.
Childless.
Jóhanna came to the West in October of 1910 and first went to Winnipeg. From there she made her way west to the Pacific Ocean where she settled in Vancouver. Jóhannes arrived there in 1912, straight from Iceland. They settled in Prince Rupert, where Jóhannes worked as a carpenter and Jóhanna worked as a seamstress and hat maker. She had studied art in Copenhagen. They later moved to Vancouver.