ID: 18297
Born west
Date of birth : 1896
Date of death : 1930
Blanche G Bristow Photo: VÍÆ II
Blanche Guðrún Bristow was born in Gimli on March 21, 1896. She died on May 2, 1930.
Spouse: 1913 Sveinbjörn Ketilsson b. in Winnipeg on October 17, 1890. He had the last name Valgardson in the west.
Children: 1. Earl Sveinbjörn b. April 19, 1916, d. 1903 2. Alfred Herbert b. February 26, 1917 3. Alan Arthur b. January 24, 1920 4. Florence Gladys Guðrún b. April 25, 1925. All were born in Gimli.
Blanche was the daughter of William Herbert Bristow from Oxford, England and Guðrún Gottskálksdóttir. Sveinbjörn was the son of Ketil Valgarðsson and Soffía Sveinbjarnardóttir, who came west to Manitoba in 1878. Sveinbjörn settled in Gimli and was a carpenter.