Þorsteinn Indriðason

ID: 8879
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1852

Þorsteinn Indriðason was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1873. He died in Coquitlam, British Columbia on February 14, 1852. He took the name Thorstein (Stone) Indridason in the west.

Spouse: Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir b. July 8, 1875 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. 1973 in Vancouver.

Children: 1. Sveinn b. July 8, 1898, d. September 2, 1979 2. Þorsteinn b. November 11, 1901.

Þorsteinn came west to Canada in 1876 with his parents, Indriði Sigurðsson and Sigurbjörg Kristjánsdóttir, and siblings in 1876. Þorbjörg was the daughter of Sveinn Sölvason and Monika Jónsdóttir who came west in 1887. Þorsteinn and Þorbjörg started farming near Mountain, N. Dakota but later moved north to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. From there, they moved west to the Pacific and lived in Vancouver.