ID: 16677
Date of birth : 1878
Sveinn Markússon Geirhólm Photo: VÍÆ 1
Sveinn Markússon was born in Reykjavík on November 19, 1878.
Spouse: 1905 Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. April 4, 1879 in Árnessýsla, d. in Gimli on July 16, 1936.
Children: 1. Kjartan Valdimar b. September 11, 1910 2. Florence Elizabeth b. February 5, 1913 3. Oscar Sigurður b. 1916.
Sveinn came west to Manitoba in 1902. He settled in Gimli in 1908 and was a fisherman and a carpenter and painted houses.