ID: 7348
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1915
Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir was born on August 17, 1841 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in Brown, Manitoba on July 14, 1915.
Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Spouse: 1) 1861 Guðmundur Guðmundsson, d. 1865 2) Jón Gíslason b. August 1, 1833, d. February 22, 1893 in Hallson, N. Dakota.
Children: Sæunn had two children with Guðmundur who died as infants. With Jón: 1. Anna b. August 29, 1870 2. Þorsteinn b. May 12, 1875 3. Gísli Guðmundur b. January 21, 1877, d. January 3, 1934 in N. Dakota 4. Oddný b. September 17, 1879, d. June 2, 1949 5. Jón Magnús b. May 19, 1885 in Hallson.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and, in the same year, moved south to N. Dakota and settled in the Akra Settlement.