ID: 10666
Date of birth : 1839
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Jóhannes Torfason was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1839.
Spouse: Helga Daníelsdóttir b. 1834 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: 1. Guðelmína b. 1860, d. 1884 2. Matthildur b. 1861, d. 1881 3. Oktavía b. 1863, d. 1885 4. Hannes b. 1. mars, 1883 5. Arnþóra b. 7. apríl, 1865 6. Rósa b. 28. desember, 1872. Two children died in infancy. Jóhannes had Benjamín, b. 1877, outside of marriage. Sæmundur Helgason b. 1876 was their foster son.
They emigrated west to N. Dakota in 1883 and lived there the rest of their lives.