ID: 7535
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Þorsteinn Markússon was born in 1874 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: Rósa Lilja Jónsdóttir b. 1870 in Húnavatnssýsla
Children: 1. Jón b. 1896 2. Aðalsteinn Markús 3. Gísli Valdimar 4. Hjörtur 5. Jónína Soffía 6. Steinunn 7. Sigurlína Sigríður. Rósa Lilja also had Þorberg Jónsson, b. 1893, with her first husband.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1899 and went west from there to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. They were there for one year and then moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð). They were among the first settlers in the Foam Lake community.