Svava Þorgrímsdóttir

ID: 17632
Date of birth : 1900

Svava Friðriksdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II

Svava Þorgrímsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on March 11, 1900.

Spouse: February 15, 1918 John Marten Víglundsson b. in Brandon, Manitoba on April 14, 1899.

Children: 1. Guðrún b. May 27, 1922 2. Margrét b. March 20, 1925 3. Clarence b. July 27, 1929.

Svava’s parents were Þorgrímur Gunnar Hrólfsson and Guðrún Friðriksdóttir in Eyjafjarðarsýsla and she came west with them after the turn of the century.   John was the son of Víglundur Jónsson and Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir in Gimli, Manitoba. He worked a lot as a carpenter but also fished.