ID: 6803
Date of birth : 1833
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1916
Sveinn Sölvason was born on September 3, 1833 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Gimli on January 23, 1916.
Spouse: Monika Jónsdóttir b. October 9, 1832; d. December 19, 1917.
Children: 1. Stefán 2. Sveinn b. 1870 3. Lilja b. 1872 4. Þorbjörg b. July 8, 1875 5. Sölvi b. 1877. With them going west was a foster-son, Viggó E. Friðriksson, a 3-year old child.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in New Iceland. They moved south to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota in 1889 where they lived until 1903. Then Sveinn bought land in Manitoba, not far from Selkirk.