ID: 2042
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1955
Sveinbjörn and Jakobína Photo: RbQ
Sveinbjörn Jónsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1882. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1955. He took the name Sveini Sveinbjornson in the west.
Spouse: 1910 Jakobína Jakobsdóttir b. in Manitoba, d. 1973. She was the daughter of Jakob Helgason and Kristjana Kristjándóttir.
Children: 1. Theódór b. December 7, 1910 2. Jón b. May 9, 1914 3. Jónína b. September 30, 1916 4. Helgi b. January 30, 1923.
Sveinbjörn took and in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and moved there in 1908.