ID: 8502
Date of birth : 1898
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1978
Svava Pálsdóttir was born on January 7, 1898 at Akureyri. She died in Hennepin County in Minnesota on March 22, 1978.
Spouse: Millard Gustav Lee of Swedish descent, b. September 23, 1897, d. in Minnesota on September 27, 1969.
Children: 1. Charlotte b. February 10, 1924 2. Millard Griffith b. August 17, 1925 3. Peter.
Svava came west in 1901 with her parents, Páll Magnússon and Guðný Friðbjarnardóttir, and siblings. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years, but later moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Svava and Millard lived in Minnesota where Millard worked as a car salesman in Minneapolis.