Family of Gunnlaugur Frímann JÓHANNSSON and Elín JÓNSDÓTTIR

Husband: Gunnlaugur Frímann JÓHANNSSON

  • Name:

  • Gunnlaugur Frímann JÓHANNSSON1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • May 22, 1862

  • Iceland2

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fisherman; Selkirk, Manitoba, canada

  • Emigration:

  • 1888 (age 25-26)

  • from Ystabær, Arnarneshreppi, Iceland to Canada

  • Death:

  • Aug 31, 1952 (age 90)

  • Manitoba, Canada3

Wife: Elín JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Elín JÓNSDÓTTIR1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Jul 21, 1857

  • Eyjafirði, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 2-3)

  • Bryta, Bægisársókn, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 12-13)

  • Sílastaðakoti, Glæsibæjarsókn, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Tökubarn

  • Emigration:

  • 1888 (age 30-31)

  • from Ystabær, Arnarneshreppi, Iceland to Canada

  • Death:

  • Oct 14, 1897 (age 40)

  • Manitoba, Canada3

Child 1: Anna Freeman JOHANNSSON

Note on Marriage

went to Canada from Iceland in 1888

Note on Husband: Gunnlaugur Frímann JÓHANNSSON

Took up the name Freeman in Canada. (Tók upp nafnið Freeman vestanhafs.)

Note on Wife: Elín JÓNSDÓTTIR

Fyrri kona Gunnlaugs. Börn: Anna, kona Hallsteins Björnssonar Jósefssonar Skaftasonar umboðsmanns í Winnipeg, og Lilja Snjólaug, ekkja Konráðs Gíslasonar Goodman.

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

2.

Ibid. birth date.

3.

Ibid. death date.

4.

Icelandic Census 1860. Bryta, Bægisársókn, Eyjafjarðarsýsla.

5.

Skaptason Family, (2006).

6.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.