ID: 7635
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Þorvaldur Sveinsson, Halldóra Guðrún Albertsdóttir and one of their daughters Photo FLNÍ
Þorvaldur Sveinsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on January 6, 1860.
Spouse: January 18, 1896 Halldóra Guðrún Albertsdóttir b. 1874 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Elín Albertína 2. Lilja Valdína 3. Pétur Skúli 4. Albert Valtýr Sveinn 5. Emil Einar 6. Anna Soffía 7. Theodora Þorsteina.
Þorvaldur emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1881. He traveled south to Minnesota where he lived for one year. He then moved back to Winnipeg, living there the next six years. In 1888 he moved to New Iceland and, in 1899, settled on the farm Hvarf in the Víðirnes Settlement.