ID: 1438
Date of birth : 1827
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla
Date of death : 1898
Jóhannes Magnússon was born in Rangárvallasýsla in 1827. He died in the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota in 1898. He took the name John Magnuson in the west.
Spouse: Guðný Helgadóttir b. September 12, 1825 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. January 7, 1911 in Minneota, Minnesota.
Children: 1. Elín Guðný Jóhannesdóttir b. 1867.
They moved west in 1871 to Wisconsin and made their way to Washington Island, where they lived for the next few years. John went west to the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota and worked until he died. Guðný and Elín moved there in 1899.