ID: 13121
Date of birth : 1880
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Svava Jónsdóttir was born on February 2, 1880 in N. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: Vilhjálmur Guðmundsson b. in 1881 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the name William Ogmundson in the west.
Children: 1. Harold b. 1916 2. Frederick b. 1920.
Svava came west in 1883 with her mother, Guðný Þorleifsdóttir. They moved west to Birch Bay, Washington in 1888. Vilhjálmur came west to Canada in 1893 with his parents, Guðmundur Ögmundsson and Sigríður Þorláksdóttir. In 1900, he is listed as living in the town of Ballard in King County, Washington and working in a sawmill. Svava’s mother sold her house and land to Vilhjálmur and Svava after 1916.