Jóhannes Jónsson

ID: 2878
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : V. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1896

Jóhannes Jónsson was born on May 14, 1866 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died on February 15, 1896 in Castle Gate, Utah, buried in Spanish Fork.

Spouse: María Friðrika Guðmundsdóttir b. March 3, 1868 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar).

Children: 1. Guðjón b. 1888, d. a number of days later. 2. Ólafía b. July 7, 1890.

They emigrated west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1892.  Jóhannes worked as a miner until his death.