ID: 9189
Date of birth : 1868
Date of death : 1922
Jónína Guðný Sveinsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 22, 1868. She died in Manitoba on April 2, 1922.
Spouse: Hjörtur Sigvaldason b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1870, d. in Manitoba in 1930. He took the last name Walterson in the west.
Children: 1. Frank William b. December 10, 1896, d. 1919 2. Hólmfríður b. 1902 in Manitoba, d. 1974 3. Solveig 4. Ragnheiður.
Hjörtur came to the West in 1876 with his parents, Sigvaldi Þorvaldsson and Ingibjörg Eggertsdóttir. They settled in Manitoba. Jónína was the daughter of Sveinn Kristjánsson and his second wife, Veroníka Ragnheiður Þorkelsdóttir, who came west to New Iceland in 1883.