ID: 19540
Born west
Date of birth : 1895
Bjarni Eyþór Sveinsson Photo: VÍÆ III
Bjarni Eyþór Sveinsson was born at Svold, N. Dakota on December 26, 1895. He had the last name Bjarni Eyþór Erickson in the west.
Spouse: March 3, 1920 Geirfríður Aðalheiður Jónsdóttir b. in Winnipeg on June 13, 1900.
Childless.
Bjarni was the son of Sveinn Eiríksson and Guðrún Halldórsdóttir, pioneer settlers in the Svold Settlement in N. Dakota. Bjarni took part in World War I from 1915-1918, returned to the settlement in N. Dakota, and stayed there until 1923. They moved to Winnipegosis and lived there after that. They moved west to British Columbia in 1942 and settled in Steveston.