ID: 12426
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1933
Þorsteinn Daníel Ríkharðsson was born on April 17, 1873 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on November 19, 1933 in Lyon County in Minnesota. He took the names Thorsteinn Daniel Jonsson Richards and Stone Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Nellie, of foreign origin, d. 1929.
Children: 1. Donald b. 1923 2. Howard Richard b. February 1, 1924 3. Eldon Elmer b. 1924/5 4. Eunice b. November 17, 1929. Nellie had a daughter earlier: Ethel Penkert.
Þorsteinn came west in 1887 with his parents, Ríkharð Jóhannsson and Herborg Sigurðardóttir. They bought land a short distance from Minneota, Minnesota. Þorsteinn was a farmer in Eidsvold Township in Lyon County. In 1920 he is listed on the census as single with his mother and sisters, María and Hildur, living with him.