ID: 4165
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1921
Jóhannes Jónsson Photo: Dm
Jóhannes Jónsson was born on November 22, 1856 in Dalasýsla. He died on January 17, 1921 in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Markusson in the west.
Spouse: 1892 Margrét Sigurðardóttir b. September 11, 1867 in Dalasýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on July 17, 1946.
Children: 1. Gísli 2. Sigríður.
Jóhannes was the son of Jón Markússon at Spágilsstaðir and Guðrún Arngrímsdóttir. Jóhannes and Margrét came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1891 and lived there 15 years. They sold their house and moved west to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. They lived there after that.