ID: 11429
Date of birth : 1832
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1904
Magnús Þorsteinsson was born on February 7, 1832 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on April 2, 1904 in Minneota, Minnesota. He took the last name Strand in Minnesota.
Spouse: Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. July 4, 1831 in N. Múlasýsla, d. August 28, 1902.
Children: 1. Gunnhildur b. 1853 2. Jón b. 1854 3. Þórunn Björg b. 1861. Unnamed daughter b. October 15, 1856, died on April 11, 1857.
They emigrated west to Minnesota in 1879 and lived in Minneota. Magnús took the last name Strand because he had lived at Langanesströnd in Iceland.