ID: 10265
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1916
Sveinn Sveinsson was born at Daðastaðir in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on March 12, 1856. He died in 1916 in Manitoba.
Spouse: May 19, 1885 Kristín Jóhannesdóttir b. January 7, 1857 in Dalasýsla.
Children: 1. Jóhannes 2. Kristján d.1958 3. Sveinn 4. Ingiberg
Sveinn came west in 1879 and worked widely in Manitoba. Kristín came west in 1882. They began farming in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) and were there until 1894. That year they moved to the Hóla Settlement and Sveinn took land northeast of Glenboro. He bought land near the Assiniboine and raised livestock.