ID: 6082
Single parent
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Sölvi Sölvason was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1830.
Spouse: 1) Sólveig Stefánsdóttir died in Iceland 2) Soffía Eyjólfsdóttir b. 1834
Children: With Sólveig: 1. Helga b. 1855 2. Gróa b. 1856 3. Ólöf b. 1857 4. Sölvi b. 1860 5. Jón b. August 18, 1864 6. Ásgeir b. 1865 7. Ingibjörg b. 1867. With Soffía: 1. Solveig b. 1867 2. Arnljótur b. 1873.
Sölvi emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and continued on to New Iceland. He moved to Pembina, N. Dakota where he lived for a few years before moving to the Pacific Coast in 1893.