Sveinn Eyjólfsson Photo VÍÆS1
Þuríður Pétursdóttir Photo VÍÆS1
Sveinn Eyjólfsson was born in the Geysir Settlement on October 27, 1885.
Spouse: June 26, 1913 Þuríður Steinunn Pétursdóttir b. in Garðar, N. Dakota on January 8, 1892.
Children: 1. Þóranna b. May 29, 1914 2. Sveinn Eyjólfur b. December 19, 1916 3. Stefán b. April 5, 1917 4. Sigursteinn Davíð b. December 7, 1918 5. Guðrún b. January 24, 1922 6. Karl Haraldur b. November 12, 1926 7. Lorraine Ruth b. May 6, 1931.
Sveinn’s parents, Eyjólfur Einarsson and Þóranna Sigríður Björnsdóttir, moved to the Geysir Settlement in 1884 from Iceland. Þuríður’s parents, Pétur Stefán Guðmundsson and Guðrún Jóhanna Benjamínsdóttir, moved to the Geysir Settlement from N. Dakota in 1901 and had emigrated west in 1883.