ID: 8518
Date of birth : 1896
Guðbrandur Sveinsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Guðbrandur Sveinsson was born on July 2, 1896 in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: November 25, 1956 Kristín Þorgerður Jónsdóttir b. October 9, 1904. She had the last name Borgfjörð in the west.
Childless.
Guðbrandur was the son of Sveinn Ólafsson and Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, farmers in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð). He joined the Canadian Army in 1917 and participated in various battles in Europe. When he returned in 1919, he settled in the Hólar settlement in Vatnabyggð, Saskatchewan. He lived in Foam Lake. Kristín was the daughter of Jón Jóhannsson Borgfjörður and Jósefín Márta Bjarnadóttir in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð).