ID: 4053
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1930
Valgerður Sveinsdóttir: Born in Dalasýsla on December 15, 1853. She died on December 10, 1930 in Riverton.
Spouse: Þorsteinn Kristjánsson b. 1833 in Dalasýsla. He died in 1897.
Children: 1. Júlíana b. 1883 d. 1952 2. Jón 3. Hermann 4. Kristján.
Valgerður and Þorsteinn emigrated west in 1878 and settled in Mikley. They lived there until 1897 and after Þorsteinn’s death, Valgerður bought land in the Geysir Settlement, but it was unfit for making a living. She then moved to Riverton.