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Mrs. Johanna Jonasson
Born Aug. 30, 1891 — Died Nov. 3, 1957
Jóhanna Jónasson was born
August 30th 1891 at Yellow Medi-
cine County, Minnesota, U.S.A., and
in 1901 she came to Canada with
her parents, Einar Guðmundsson
Borgfjörð, born in Norður-Múla-
sýsla, son of Ásgrímur, a farmer at
Snotrunesi in Borgarfjörður, and
Thórstína S. Thorsteinsdóttir, Vil-
hjálmssonar (snikkara) from Hjart-
arstaðir in Suður-Múlasýsla, Ice-
land. She married Sigurjón Jónas-
son at Winnipeg September 27th
1909 and farmed near Clarkleigh,
Man., her husband predeceased her.
She is survived by two brothers
Gunnsteinn and Ingi Einarsson,
three sisters, Guðný (Mrs. Kjartan
Goodman), Lilja (Mrs. T. Thorgil-
son) and Sveinbjörg Einarsson. Hanna, as she was best known to
her friends and relatives, was a respected member of the “Björk”
Ladies Aid of Lundar, and is sadly missed by all.
She was laid to rest in Lundar Cemetery No. 6th 1957.
—DÓRA BRECKMAN