ID: 3256
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1951
Gróa Sveinsdóttir Photo: Lögberg, May 31, 1951
Gróa Sveinsdóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on April 3, 1882. She died in Manitoba on March 8, 1951.
Spouse: November 14, 1907 Sveinn Pálmason b. October 9, 1877 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. 1954 in Winnipeg.
Children: 1. Pálmi 2. Valgerður Ruby 3. Guðrún Pearl b. October 2, 1915 4. Stefán Douglas.
Gróa came west to Winnipeg in 1899 with her sister Helga and husband. Sveinn arrived there a year later. They lived all the time in Winnipeg.