ID: 1195
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1922
Guðfinna Eiríksdóttir and Sveinn Halldórsson Photo: Almanak 1917
Sveinn Halldórsson was born on March 14, 1841 in Árnessýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on November 9, 1922.
Spouse: Guðfinna Kristín Eiríksdóttir b. 1859 in Árnessýsla, d. December 7, 1912
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1884 2. Halldór b. 1885 3. Stefanía Gróa b. 1886 4. Eiríkur Ingimar b. 1887 5. Vilhjálmur 6. Sylvía 7. Martha b. April 23, 1891 8. Kristólína b. December 18, 1893 9. Magnúsína
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and then to the Þingvalla settlement in Saskatchewan. They were one of the first landowners in the Foam Lake settlement in 1892.