ID: 2644
Date of birth : 1877
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1969
Sesselja Ögmunda Sveinsdóttir was born in 1877 in Árnessýsla. She died in 1969.
Standing: Ingibjörg, Clara, Kristjana. Seated: Svava, Kristjana’s son Kensley Wheaton, Sesselja. Photo: A Century Unfolds
Spouse: 1895 Gunnar Oddsson b. 1862 at Hvamm in Kjósarsýsla, d. in Manitoba in 1911.
Children: 1. Þorbjörg Ósk b. 1896 d. 1916 2. Jóhanna Hlíf (Kristjana) b. August 13, 1898, d. September 24, 1960 3. Sveinn Hjaltalín b. 1899, d. 1918 4. Tryggvi b. June 17, 1903, d. March 1, 1930.5. Clara b. December 21, 1906 6. Svava b. April 10, 1910 7. Ingibjörg b. October 11, 1911, d. 1974. Gunnar also had a daughter Margrét b. 1894.
They came west in 1900 and moved to New Iceland. They moved to land in the Framnes Settlement in 1901.