ID: 13331
Date of birth : 1890
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1965
Kristján Vilhjálmur Sveinsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 10, 1890. He died in Manitoba on November 22, 1965. He had the last name Goodman in the west.
Spouse: Alice Forbister.
Children: 1. Verna Margrét 2. Guðmundur, died in childhood 3. Victor. Information is needed about the children and their mother.
Kristján Vilhjálmur came west in 1894 with his parents, Sveinn Guðmundsson and Þorbjörg Guðmundsdóttir. They took land in the Swan Lake Settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) near Lundar in Manitoba. Kristján Vilhjálmur lived there until he married. They moved north to Thicket Portage, a small settlement north of Lake Winnipeg. He worked in aquaculture and fishing.