ID: 11938
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1959
Sveinn Magnússon was born on December 23, 1863 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Minnesota on July 27, 1959. He took the name Swain Magnus in the west.
Spouse: 1897 Guðrún Salína Jónsdóttir b. 1865 in N. Múlasýsla, d. January 20, 1950 in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Eugene Rafn b. February 27, 1899 2. Bjarni Stefán b. September 22, 1900.
Sveinn emigrated west to Minnesota in 1879. Guðrún came west with her parents, Jón Rafnsson and Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, in 1889. Sveinn became a photographer and had a photography studio in Minneota. They lived their later years in Minneapolis.