ID: 12922
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1927
Ásmundur Þorsteinsson Photo FLNÍ
Bergþóra Jónsdóttir Photo FLNÍ
Ásmundur Þorsteinsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on February 7, 1842. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on September 29, 1927. He took the last name Brown in the west.
Spouse: Bergþóra Jónsdóttir b. in S. Múlasýsla on October 4, 1837, d. in Gimli on October 14, 1883.
Children: 1. Jónína b. 1865, d. September 22, 1948 2. Solveig b. 1869 3. Kristín b. October 1, 1870, d. November 5, 1919 4. Þorsteinn b. November 2, 1872 5. Þuríður b. 1876.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba and took land in the southern part of the Víðirnes Settlement, calling their land Fenhring. They moved to Dvergastein in the same settlement in 1881 and lived there a few years. From there, they moved to Selkirk.