ID: 12904
Date of birth : 1836
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1929
Magnús Jóhannesson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on December 6, 1836. He died on September 16, 1929 in New Iceland.
Spouse: 1) 1873 Kristjana Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. December 12, 1880 in the Árnes Settlement 2) 1883 Þorbjörg Þorláksdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1865.
Children: With Kristjana: 1. Jón 2. Þorkell 3. Kristinn Gunnar 4. Kristján.
Magnús and Kristjana came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. Magnús moved to Winnipeg in 1881 where he married Þorbjörg in 1883. They moved to New Iceland in 1885 and settled in Arnes.