ID: 18931
Date of birth : 1820
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1905
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was born on February 27, 1820 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on February 10, 1905.
Spouse: October 6, 1848 Sigmundur Þorgrímsson b. May 15, 1826 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on February 1, 1902.
Children: 1. Halfdán b. 1849 2. Hansína Guðbjörg b. 1850 did not come west 3. Sigríður b. 1851, d. 1852 4. Sigurhanna b. 1853, d. 1860 5. Valdimar b. 1854 6. Margrét Sigríður b. 1856. Jóhanna had son, Benedikt Kristjánsson, with her first husband.
Sigmundur and Jóhanna traveled with Benedikt Kristjánsson west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1879 and from there went on to New Iceland. They lived in the Fljóts Settlement the rest of their lives.