Katrín Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Lyon County in Minnesota on March 22, 1881. She died in N. Dakota on April 15, 1957. She had the name Katrin (Katherine) Thorsteinson in the west.
Spouse: Paul Frederick Meyer of German descent, b. in Iowa on May 8, 1886, d. November 30, 1959.
Children: 1. Hulda b. 1903 2. Vernon Lincoln b. February 12, 1906 3. Rudolph Alvin b. December 17, 1907, d. May 21, 1909 4. Roger b. 1909, d. in birth 5. Ruth Pauline b. May 23, 1910 6. Guðrún b. 1913 7. Paul Ellsworth b. June 11, 1914 8. Deloris Thelma b. January 25, 1917 9. Dorothy b. 1919 10. Clenora b. January 23, 1921, d. 1924 11. Robert H. b. 1925.
Katrín was the daughter of Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson and Guðný Þorkelsdóttir who settled in Minnesota in 1887. Katrín lived there her entire life.