ID: 2281
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1923
Sveinn Árnason was born on August 1, 1849 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died on July 24, 1923.
Spouse: 1873 Þorgerður Jónsdóttir b. October 23, 1844 in Mýrasýsla, d. March 1, 1921.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1874 2. Jóhannes b. 1875 3. Helga b. 1878 4. Gróa b. 1881.
Þorgerður came west in 1900 with her son Jóhannes. They went to Eyjólfsstaðir in the Hnausa Settlement where Ingibjörg, their daughter lived. Sveinn came west a year later. They settled in the Hnausa Settlement and lived there until 1919. They then moved onto a little plot of land in Winnipeg Beach, near their youngest daughter Gróa.