ID: 6804
Date of birth : 1832
Date of death : 1917
Monika Jónsdóttir was born on October 9, 1832 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died on December 19, 1917 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Sveinn Sölvason b. September 3, 1833 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in Gimli on January 23, 1916.
Children: 1. Stefán 2. Sveinn b. 1870 3. Lilja b. 1872 4. Þorbjörg b. July 8, 1875 5. Sölvi b. 1877. Coming west with then was their foster son, Viggó E. Friðriksson, 3 years of age.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in New Iceland. From there they headed south to the Thingvalla settlement in N. Dakota in 1889, where they lived until 1903. Then Sveinn settled in Manitoba, near Selkirk.