ID: 2038
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1938
Jón Sveinbjarnarson was born at Oddsstaðir in Lundarreykjadal in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1853. Died in Blaine Washington in 1938. Oddsted in America
Spouse: Guðný Andrésdóttir b. 1843 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. 1935.
Children: 1) Þorkell b. 1877 2) Jón b. 1878 3) Sveinbjörn b. 1882 4) Guðjón b. 1883. Guðný had a daughter earlier, Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir b. 1867.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in New Iceland. They moved to the Argyle Settlement a year later where they lived for 14 years. Left Manitoba for Crescent in British Columbia and eventually moved to Blaine, Washington.