ID: 14279
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1909
Sveinn Jóhannesson and Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir Photo: Well Connected
Sveinn Jóhannesson was born in S. Múlasýsla on April 5, 1867. He died in Minnesota on May 5, 1909. He took the name Hólm (S. J. Holm) in the west.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir b. September 23, 1873, d. July 3, 1943 in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Jóhann Björn b. September 5, 1896 2. Sigurbjörg Soffía b. November 30, 1897 3. Dóra Guðrún b. March 23, 1900 4. Olympia (Olga) Vilborg b. April 5, 1904 5. William b. April 26, 1906.
Sveinn came west in 1885 with his parents, Jóhannes Sveinsson and Soffía Vilhjálmsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Ingibjörg came west with her father, Björn Gíslason, and his family in 1879.