ID: 10442
Date of birth : 1886
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Andrea Petrea Jónsdóttir was born on August 20, 1886 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Spouse: Sveinn Guðjónsson b. February 6, 1881 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on March 11, 1952. He took the last name Vopni in the west.
Children: 1. Guðríður Petrea 2. Oddný Margrét 3. Þórunn Josephine
Andrea came west to Manitoba in 1893 with her parents, Jón Geirsson and Andrea Lund. Sveinn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1889 and went on from there to the Argyle Settlement. Life’s road then led them to the Vallar Settlement (Gerald) in Saskatchewan. There Sveinn took land, but later sold it. He then bought land near the village of Tantallon and lived there 40 years. They last moved to the village of Tantallon.