Guðný Þ Þorsteinsdóttir

ID: 11668
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1917

Guðný Þóra Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1864 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in N. Dakota on June 2, 1917.

Spouse: Bjarni Guðmundsson b. October 26, 1855 in Mýrasýsla, d. February 26, 1939. He took the last name Dalsted in the west.

Children: 1. Jóhann Ólafur (Óli) b. November 24, 1893 2. Þorsteinn 3. Guðrún.

Guðný emigrated in 1876 with her fosterparents, Björn Einarsson and Jóhanna jóhannesdóttir. Bjarni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and lived in the city for some time. He moved to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1879 and began farming.