ID: 20613
Born west
Date of birth : 1887
Date of death : 1964
Mekkin Sveinson was born in Winnipeg on September 18, 1887. He died in Washington state in the US on July 24, 1964.
Spouse: August 21, 1925 John Wesley Perkins b. November 17, 1886, d. August 3, 1956.
Childless
Mekkin was the daughter of Gunnar Sveinsson and Kristín Finnsdóttir in Seattle, Washington.
She was born in the home of Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason in Winnipeg, just after arriving from the West. A good summary of Mekking’s life in the West can be found in VÍÆ IV. It is published in Íslensk arfleifð (Icelandic Heritage) below.
Mekking Sv. Perkins