ID: 7364
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Ólafur Jóhannsson and Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Ólafur Jóhannsson was born on December 30, 1845 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: 1) Sigríður Bjarnadóttir b. 1849 2) Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir b. 1845
Children: With Sigríður: 1. Jóhannes b. 1874 2. Ólafur b. 1877 3. Bjarni. With Guðbjörg: 1. Baldvin d. at six years, Guðbjörg had him earlier 1. Soffía Baldvinsdóttir b. 1860 2. Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir b. 1871 3. Sveinbjörn Jónsson b. 1882.
They came west with the group of children in 1887 and immediately went to N. Dakota. They lived in several places while they searched for a home, but then took the land in the Sand Hill settlement that Ólafur Kristjánsson had lived on.