ID: 16628
Date of birth : 1886
Svanfríður Þorkelsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Svanfríður Þorkelsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 14, 1886.
Spouse: April 7, 1914 Guðmundur Eiríksson b. July 7, 1888 in Gullbringusýsla, d. June 27, 1928 in British Columbia.
Children: 1. Sigríður b. July 28, 1915 2. Thelma b. 1917 3. Eiríkur b. June 3, 1922.
Guðmundur came to the West in 1910 and first lived in Winnipeg and later in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was a builder there. Svanfríður’s brother, Soffanías Þorkelsson, came to Winnipeg in 1898 and no doubt played a part in Svanfríður’s emigration west in 1907, as she also went to Winnipeg.