Pálína Jakobína Guðnadóttir was born in 1876 in Wisconsin. Spouse: April 15, 1900 Stefán Þorsteinn Jónsson b. June 21, 1873 in N. Múlasýsla, d. March 15, 1947. He took the last name Westdal as did his father, Jón, and signed his name Stefan Th. Westdal. Children: 1. Alvin b.August 14, 1901 2. Bernard b. March 31, 1904 3. Stephen T. b. …
Arnheiður Þorsteinsdóttir
Arnheiður Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1848 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. Spouse: Eilífur Guðmundsson b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1841. Children: 1. Guðmundur 2. Þorsteinn b. October 9, 1874 3. Guðbjörg They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and moved south the same year to the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota. In 1902, they moved west to the Pacific and settled in …
Sigurður Sigbjörnsson
Sigurður Sigbjörnsson was born in Lyon County in Minnesota in 1879. Spouse: 1906 Magnína Halldóra Jónsdóttir b. February 15, 1878 in N. Múlasýsla, d. November 12, 1918 in McLean County in N. Dakota of influenza. Children: 1. Irene b. 1908 2. Herbert Nelson b. 1910 3. Norman b. 1912 4. Lorina b. 1914 5. William b. 1917. Sigurður was the son …
Margrét J Gísladóttir
Margrét Jóna Gísladóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 16, 1881. She died in Manitoba on August 16, 1963. Spouse: Einar Þorbergsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on December 6, 1856, d. in the Geysir Settlement in 1948. Children: 1. Steinberg Árilíus b. January 12, 1906 2. Herdís Aðalheiður b. December 7, 1910 3. Þorbergur Helgi b. December 22, 1914, d. 1917 4. …
Björg Sigurðardóttir
Björg Sigurðardóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on December 31, 1871. She died in Lundar on August 15, 1928. Spouse: Jón Einarsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on September 14, 1863, d. in Lundar on December 4, 1944. He took the name Jón E. Vestdal in the west. Children: 1. Victor Einar. Jón was the son of Einar Jónsson at Vestdalseyri in …
Kristín Sigurðardóttir
Kristín Sigurðardóttir fæddist 6. febrúar, 1860 í Dalasýslu. Dáin 29. apríl,1908 í Manitoba. Maki: Kristján Jónsson f. í Hnappadalssýslu árið 1858, d. 25. október, 1903. Dalman í Vesturheimi. Börn: 1. Kristjana 2. Helga Sigríður 3. Kristín Ingibjörg 4. Margrét Guðný 5. Anna Dagbjört 6. Kristján. Kristján fór vestur árið 1883 til Winnipeg í Manitoba. Ári síðar flutti hann í Argylebyggð og …
Halldóra Þorsteinsdóttir
Halldóra Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Lincoln County on December 16, 1889. She died on August 4, 1971 in Santa Clara County in California. She had the name Halldora (Dora) Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: David Everell Stephenson b. in California. Children: 1. James Everell b. January 16, 1916 2. George Thomas b. February 19, 1918 3. Catherine Marie b. July …
Guðjón Þorsteinsson
Guðjón Þorsteinsson was born on December 26, 1892 in Lincoln County in Minnesota. He died on December 31, 1974 in Hennepin County in Minnesota on December 31, 1974. He had the name Gudjon (John) Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: Clair E. Leavitt b. October 6, 1905, d. February 1, 1981 in Minneapolis. Children: Information missing. Guðjón was a carpenter and …
Katrín Þorsteinsdóttir
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 …
Magnús V Þorsteinsson
Magnús Vilhelm Þorsteinsson was born in Lincoln County in Minnesota on April 8, 1881. He died in Minnesota on October 31, 1959. He had the name Thorsteinn Magnus (Mike) Thorsteinsson in the west. Spouse: Olga Carlson b. September 6, 1889, d. February 17, 1968 in Yellow Medicine County. Children: 1. Alma b. January 20, 1917 2. Þorsteinn Otto b. August …