ID: 2683
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1930
Jóhannes Pálsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on January 22, 1854. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on November 20, 1930. He took the last name Borgfjörð (Borgfjord) in the west.
Spouse: September 5, 1882 Elísabet Snorradóttir b. June 8, 1852, d. November 29, 1931.
Children: 1. Rannveig Karólína b. September 27, 1882 2. Sigríður Guðný b. December 2, 1885 3. Kristjana Elísabet b. December 11, 1889, d. March 12, 1952 4. Jónína Þuríður b. June 29, 1893.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1902 and lived in the city for the first winter. They moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) and took land in the vicinity of Leslie.