María Sveinsdóttir was born in 1854 in N. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: Þórður Benediktsson b. September 16, 1848 in S. Múlasýsla, d. in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota in 1904. He took the last name Benson in the west.
Children: 1. Sveinbjörn b. 1875 2. Sigríður b. 1877 3. Guðbjörg b. 1880 4. Helga Þórunn b. December 2, 1881 4. Lukka (Annie) b. December 15, 1883 5. Ásmundur b. 1885 in N. Dakota, listed as Benson in the west 6. Sveinn b. 1887, d. same year 7. Lilja b. 1891 8. Katrín Aðalbjörg b. November 20, 1893 9. Óskar (Oscar) b. 1898 10. Rúna.
They came to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and moved to the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota. In 1894 they moved west to the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota and lived there lives there. Sigríður Gísladóttir, Þórður’s mother, and Björn, his brother, travelled with him and lived with them.