ID: 8538
Single parent
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1932
Einar Sveinsson was born in Árnessýsla on September 13, 1855. He died in Gimli on February 28, 1932.
Spouse: Málfríður Sigurðardóttir b. May 13, 1857 in Reykjavík, d. in Manitoba in 1919.
Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1878 2. Halldóra b. 1882 3. Sigurey b. 1883 4. Guðrún b. 1887 5. Lilja b. 1888 6. Septína b. 1892 7. Sveinn b. 1899 8. Björg b. 1900. Halldóra and Guðrún did not come west with their parents.
Einar and Sigurður came west in 1903, Málfríður arrived there with five of their children in 1905. They went to Winnipeg, were there for some time but then moved to Gimli in New Iceland.