Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir was born in Vopnafjörður in N. Múlasýsla on August 9. ágúst, 1843. She died on May 6, 1926 in the Argyle Settlement, Manitoba. She took the last name Oleson in the west.
Spouse: Eyjólfur Jónsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1833. He died on January 15, 1898 in Manitoba. He took the last name Oleson in the west.
Children: 1. Guðrún Stefanía b. 1880 2. Guðni Júlíus (G. J. Oleson) b. 1882 3. Kristján Aðaljón (C. A. Oleson) b. 1884 4. Halldór Tryggvi b. 1887, d. June 7, 1911. Eyjólfur had children with his first wife, Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir: 1. Guðmundur Oleson b. 1866 2. Guðbjörg b. 1869, d. January 21, 1908 3. Svanhvít b. 1873, d. 1894.
Eyjólfur and Sigurveig came west with his three children to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1878 and went straight-away to New Iceland. Eyjólfur took land and named it Fagraland in the Víðines Settlement where they lived until 1892. They then moved to the Argyle Settlement and lived near Belmont for two years. He then moved north to the town of Hóla in 1894 and lived there the rest of his years.