ID: 7080
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1981
Back row: Richard Mercer, Salbjörg’s husband, Jón, Sigurður, and Margrét. Front row: Salbjörg and her son Haraldur (Harold), Sigurður, Jóhanna, Þórey, and Richard, Salbjörg’s son. Photo RbQ
Jóhanna Stefánsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1874. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1981.
Spouse: Sigurður Sölvason b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1865 d. December 27, 1966 in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Þórey b. 1892 2. Salbjörg b. 1896 3. Sigurður 4. Margrét 5. Jón
They came west in 1899 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and first settled in Mountain, N. Dakota. They moved from there to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905. They took land in the Wynyard community.