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 …
Jón Magnússon
Jón Magnússon was born on March 5, 1883 in Lake Stay township in Lyon County. He died in Minnesota on December 1, 1957. He took the name John Thorsteinson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Jón was the son of Magnús Þorsteinsson and Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir who came west to Minnesota in 1878. Jón lived the longest in Lincoln County in Minnesota. …
Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir
Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir was born on August 4, 1855 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Vigfús Þorsteinsson b. October 23, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Guðný 3. Guðmundur Ólafur 4. Þorsteinn Vigfús and Guðríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883. They lived there for a while before moving to Shellmouth, Saskatchewan and to the Þingvalla Settlement in 1886. In 1894, they moved …
Solveig Jónsdóttir
Solveig Jónsdóttir was born in 1877. She died in Manitoba in 1955. Spouse: 1912 Vilhjálmur Árnason b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 31, 1887, d. in Arborg on August 6, 1961. Children: 1. Jónína Guðríður Arnrún b. October 30, 1912 2. Guðni Vilhjálmur Kristinn b. May 16, 1915 3. Ólafur Árni b. October 16, 1917 4. Frederick Charles b. April 28, 1923. …
Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir
Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1864. Spouse: Helgi Jónsson b. in 1864 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Childless. Helgi and Sigríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1880 and from there to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Helgi bought land in the Akra Settlement in 1891.
Sigurbjörg Hálfdánardóttir
Sigurbjörg Hálfdánardóttir was born on July 13, 1880 in Minneota, Minnesota. She died on March 23, 1950 in Seattle. She had the name Bertha Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: October 29, 1905 Gunnar Bergvinsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1880, d. in 1956 in Seattle. Children: 1. Stefía Sigvaldína b. September 26, 1906 2. Theodór Bergvin b. June 25, 1908 3. …
Einar Thorlacius
Einar Thorlacius was born on February 24, 1893 in Garðar, N. Dakota. Spouse: Guðbjörg Konráðsdóttir b. March 16, 1901 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Ruth 3. Harlan b. December 24, 1928 4. Harley b. December 24, 1928. Einar was the son of Hallgrímur Thorlacius and María Sigfúsdóttir Bergman who lived in Garðar, N. Dakota. Guðbjörg came west in 1904 …