ID: 10927
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1934
Ólafur Jóhannesson Photo: Dm
Ólafur Jóhannesson was born in 1858 in Blönduhlíð in Dalasýsla. He drowned in Manitoba on October 18, 1934.
Spouse: Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir b. 1860 at Skálir at Langanes in N. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: They had 6 children born in the West who died young. Those who survived: 1. Jóhannes Kjartan d. 1910 2. Svanhildur d. 1934 3. Vilhjálmur.
Ólafur came west to Winnipeg in 1882 while Valgerður came west a year later. They married in 1887. Ólafur moved to North Dakota in 1883 and lived for a while in Grafton. The couple moved north to Winnipegosis in 1899.