ID: 8593
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1947
Sveinbjörg Laxdal Photo: ACU
Sveinbjörg Torfadóttir was born on December 17, 1863 in N. Múlasýsla. She died on April 23, 1947 in Gimli, Manitoba. Laxdal in Canada.
Spouse: Grímur Laxdal b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1864, d. in Árborg, Manitoba on November 4, 1940.
Children: 1. María b. 1891 2. Þórður Eggert b. 1894 3. Jóna Katrín b. 1896 4. Ólafur Stefán b. 1898 5. María Guðjohnsen b. 1899 6. Jón Kristinn b. 1900 7. Kristín. One daughter remained in Iceland.
Grímur came west to Winnipeg in 1907, Sveinbjörg arrived there from Iceland in 1909. They moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1909 and took land near Kristnes. They later moved to Arborg, Manitoba.