ID: 5068
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1957
Þuríður Sveinsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on March 16, 1875. She died in Pine Falls, Manitoba on July 13, 1957.
Spouse: Magnús Hólm, d. November 19, 1918 in Gimli.
Children: 1. Sólvin 2. Halldór 3. Ottó d. 1946 4. Aðalheiður 5. Albert.
She came west to Canada in 1887 with her parents, Sveinn Magnússon and Halldóra Guðmundsdóttir. The family first lived in Winnipeg, but then settled in Gimli in New Iceland.