ID: 16351
Date of birth : 1874
Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir was born on April 7, 1874 in S. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: Jón Árnason b. May 2, 1872 in Gullbringusýsla, d. June 29, 1942 in Winnipeg.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. May 29, 1902 2. Árni b. August 10, 1907. Both were born in the Þingvalla settlement in Saskatchewan.
Sigurveig came west in 1901 while Jón arrived in 1897. They married in Winnipeg and moved to the Þingvalla settlement, not far from Churchbridge where they took land and farmed for 12 years. They sold the livestock, house, and land and moved to Churchbridge. Jón opened a shop there and also ran a soccer club. In 1928 they moved to Winnipeg where they lived until Jón died, then Sigurveig moved to Betel in Gimli.