Þorvarður Sveinsson was born in 1850 in Mýrasýsla. Spouse: Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. 1848 Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1876 2. Sigurbjörg b. 1877 3. Sveinn b. 1879 4. Jón Júlíus b. 1880 5. Þorsteinn b. 1883 6. Þorbjörg b. 1887. Þorvarður emigrated west to Winnipeg in 1886, Guðrún and the children emigrated a year later.

Guðveig Jónsdóttir was born on May 16, 1858 in Mýrasýsla. She died on September 24, 1946 at Betel in Gimli. Spouse: 1) December 10, 1892 Bjarni Árnason (Anderson in the west) b. December 25, 1859, d. in Winnipeg on November 7, 1897 2) June 8, 1900 Egill Egilsson b. March 30, 1862 in Árnessýsla, d. March 4, 1954 in Gimli …