50th wedding anniversary of Sveinn and Þuríður. Photo: Faith and Fortitude
Þuríður Steinunn Pétursdóttir was born in Garðar, N. Dakota on January 8, 1892. She had the name Þuríður Steinunn (Steina) Stefánsdóttir in the west.
Spouse: June 26, 1913 Sveinn Eyjólfsson b.in the Geysir settlement on October 27, 1885, d. January 9, 1965.
Children: 1. Þóranna b. May 29, 1914 2. Sveinn Eyjólfur b. December 19, 1916 3. Stefán b. April 5, 1917 4. Sigursteinn Davíð b. December 7, 1918 5. Guðrún b. January 24, 1922 6. Karl Haraldur b. November 12, 1926 7. Lorraine Ruth b. May 6, 1931.
Sveinn’s parents, Eyjólfur Einarsson and Þóranna Sigríður Björnsdóttir moved to the Geysir settlement in 1884 from Iceland. Þuríður’s parents, Pétur Stefán Guðmundsson and Guðrún Jóhanna Benjamínsdóttir moved there from N. Dakota in 1901 but they went west from there in 1883.