Anna S Sveinsdóttir

ID: 13332
Date of birth : 1892
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1936

Anna Sigríður Sveinsdóttir was born on August 18, 1892 in N. Múlasýsla. She died on May 13, 1936 in Lundar.

Spouse: Jón Ágúst Björnsson b. August 17, 1888 in Canada, d. in Lundar on December 31, 1964. He took the name John August Bjornson in the west.

Children: 1. Sveinn Þorbergur b. 1916, d. 1978 2. Björn (Barney) Hallgrímur b. 1918 3. Fjóla Jóhanna b. 1921 4. Laufey Guðbjörg.

Anna Sigríður came west with her parents, Sveinn Guðmundsson and Þorbjörg Guðmundsdóttir, who came west in 1894. Jón Ágúst grew up in the home of his parents, Björn H. Jónsson and Guðfinna Sigurðardóttir, who came west in 1886. The family first settled in Saskatchewan but then moved to Winnipeg. Jón Ágúst and Anna Sigríður met in Winnipeg but then moved from there to Lundar and lived there the rest of their lives. Jón was a carpenter and built many houses in Lundar, Oak Point, and in the Lundar area.