ID: 2819
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : Vestmannaeyjar
Date of death : 1882
Vilhjálmur Jónsson was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on April 27, 1868. He died in Spanish Fork on March 7, 1882. He took the name William Johnson in Utah.
He came west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1874 with his mother, Vilborg Þórðardóttir, step-father, Sigurður Árnason, and his siblings.