ID: 19430
Born west
Date of birth : 1884
Place of birth : Manitoba
Date of death : 1973
Jakobína Jakobsdóttir was born in Manitoba in 1884. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1973. She was known as Bina Helgason in the west.
Spouse: 1910 Sveinbjörn Jónsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1882, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1955. He took the name Sveini Sveinbjornson in the west.
Children: 1. Theódór b. December 7, 1910 2. Jón b. May 9, 1914 3. Jónína b. September 30, 1916 4. Helgi b. January 30, 1923.
Jakobína was the daughter of Jakob Helgason and Kristjana Kristjándóttir. Sveinbjörn came west with his parents, Jón Sveinbjarnarson and Guðný Andrésardóttir, in 1887. Sveinbjörn took land in the Lakes Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1905 and moved there in 1908.