Sverrir Ívarsson

ID: 20401
Date of birth : 1910

Sverrir Ottó Ívarsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 22, 1910.

Spouse: April 2, 1935 Lára Vilhjálmsdóttir b. January 17, 1910 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð).

Chidlren: 1. Frida Lorraine b. June 21, 1935 2. Karl Ívar b. January 20, 1939 3. Linda Björg b. July 1, 1946

Sverrir was the son of Ívar Hjartarson and Guðnýj Rósa Stefánsdóttir. Ívar came to the West in 1913 and lived in the Lakes settlement. Guðný and Sverrir moved from there in 1927 and settled in Wynyard. Sverrir lived there the rest of his life and inherited his father’s land not far from the village. He had an extensive chicken farm there.