Valdimar Jóhannesson Photo VÍÆ1
Kristveig Metúsalemsdóttir Photo VÍÆ1
Valdimar Jóhannesson: Born on June 23, 1881 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died on January 3, 1954 in New Iceland.
Spouse: June 12, 1909 Kristveig Metúsalemsdóttir born in Pembina, N. Dakota on April 14, 1885.
Children: 1. Dagmar b. January 7, 1910 2. Ragna Ingibjörg b. January 27, 1911 3. Victor Jóhannes b. February 25, 1913 4. Valdimar b. June 26, 1917 5. Þorberg b. March 26, 1920
Valdimar was a seaman in Iceland and attended the seaman’s school in Reykjavik. He continued his studies in Denmark and then obtained a shipping license in Akureyri in 1904. He sailed west to San Francisco after heavy rains in 1907, and went from there to New Iceland where he bought land in the Víðir Settlement. Kristveig moved to the Árdals Settlement with her parents, Metúsalem Jónsson and Ásu Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir, in 1900. He worked in retail and as a teacher in Hnausa.