Björgvin Þorsteinsson

ID: 12734
Date of birth : 1871
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1938

Björgvin Guðjón Þorsteinsson: Born in Breiðdal in N. Múlasýsla July 15, 1871. Died May 5, 1938. He took the last name of Ísberg in the west.

Spouse: Kristbjörg Steingrímsdóttir born in Borgarhreppi in Mýrasýsla, September 14, 1875, d. 1967.

Children: 1. Anthony Björgvin b. July 17, 1904, d. December 26, 1931 2. Lára Vilhelmína b. August 8, 1907 3. Hermann b. November 2, 1912, d. August 14, 1978 4. Sigrún b. July 27, 1913, d. February 4, 2010.

Björgvin emigrated with his mother Guðrún Antoníusdóttir in 1894. They went directly to the Argyle Settlement and lived in Baldur. Kristbjörg emigrated to Manitoba in 1900.