ID: 5398
Date of birth : 1855
Date of death : 1923
Ósk Sveinsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on August 27, 1855. She died in Manitoba on March 15, 1923
Spouse: Gestur Jóhannsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on August 24, 1850, d. August 10, 1939.
Children: 1. Jónína Margrét b. 1884 2. Jóhann b. September 23, 1886.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in Selkirk. They moved from there after a few years and settled in Poplar Park. Gestur published the poetry collection Ljóðmæli in Selkirk in 1900.