ID: 6594
Date of birth : 1833
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1921
Jónas Jóhannesson Photo FLNÍ
Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir Photo FLNÍ
Jónas Jóhannesson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on February 21, 1833. He died at the Betel care home in Gimli on December 29, 1921.
Spouse: 1861 Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1826, d. October 8, 1904 in New Iceland.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1863 2. Jóhann b. 1866 3. Þorleifur b. 1870 4. Una Guðrún b. 1873.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and went directly to Gimli in New Iceland. He took land in the Víðines Settlement and lived there until 1907 before moving in with his daughter Ingibjörg in Gimli.