ID: 5069
Date of birth : 1876
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Oddfríður Sveinsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Oddfríður Sveinsdóttir was born at Kálfanes in Strandasýsla on October 1, 1876.
Spouse: February 18, 1903 Jón Ólafur Jóhannsson b. in Víðines in New Iceland on November 9, 1875.
Children: 1. Dorothea Sigríður b. December 24, 1904 2. Jóhann Haraldur b. March 16, 1906 3. Eleanor b. November 20, 1912 4. Þuríður Magnúsína b. March 21, 1915 5. Stefán Árni b. January 29, 1918.
She came west to Canada in 1887 with her parents, Sveinn Magnússon and Halldóra Guðmundsdóttir. The family settled in Gimli in New Iceland. Jón Ólafur had a fishing business on Lake Winnipeg and was also a farmer.