Þorfinnur Jóhannesson was born at Flaga in Breiðdal in S. Múlasýsla on February 8, 1863. He died in 1944 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Karólína Rannveig Andrésdóttir b. in Axarfjördur in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 12, 1869
Children: 1. Jóhannes b. May 2, 1891 2. Andrea b. April 27, 1892 3. Ingólfur b. December 20, 1893 4. Páll b, January 13, 1896 5. Kristrós b. August 11, 1897 6. Ólafur b. 1899, d. as a newborn 7. Óli Ágúst b. August 9, 1901 8. Fjóla Þórlín b. January 18, 1903 9. Valgerður b. April 26, 1905 10. Jónína Martha b. May 13, 1907 11. Finnbogi b. March 11, 1909 12. Bryndór b. April 19, 1911 13. Guðný b. October 13, 1913, d. December 18, 1913.
Þorfinnur came west in 1887 and went directly to the Argyle settlement. He did not take land at first and moved from the community to Winnipeg in 1893 and from there to the Fljóts settlement in 1895. They returned to the Argyle settlement in 1903, lived at various places and ended up in Baldur. Karólína came with her parents, Andrés Jóhannesson and Valgerður Björnsdóttir, west in 1888 and moved with them to the Argyle settlement.