ID: 14858
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : S.Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1923
Elís Einarsson Eastman Photo: SÍND
Elís Einarsson was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1860. He died in N. Dakota in 1923. He took the last name Eastman in the west.
Spouse: Málfríður Jónsdóttir b. May 27, 1863 in Dalasýsla, d. September 20, 1943.
Children: 1. Halldóra 2. Sigríður 3. Elín 4. Philip 5. Ingólfur 6. Brandur.
Elís came west across the ocean in 1887 and settled in Grafton, N. Dakota. Málfríður came west alone the same year but her father, Jón Brandsson, had come west in 1878 and settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Elís and Málfríður always lived in Grafton, and Elís was involved in many church matters and was active in Icelandic society there.