Eysteinn Helgi Eyolfson Photo: IRS
Eysteinn Helgi Þorsteinsson was born on June 6, 1886 in the Fljóts settlement. He drowned on September 22, 1929. He had the last name Eyjólfson in the west.
Spouse: November 23, 1915 Sigurlaug Guðríður Sigurðardóttir b. August 10, 1894, in the Fljóts settlement, d. September 24, 1982.
Children: 1. Stefán Þorsteinn b. in Winnipeg on October 2, 1916 2. Lilja Margaret b. February 21, 1918 3. Una Sigurrós b. January 24, 1922 4. Eysteinn Helgi b. May 31, 1930.
Eysteinn Helgi was the son of Þorsteinn Eyjólfsson and Lilja Hallsdóttir at Hóla in the Fljóts settlement. Sigurlaug was the daughter of Sigurður Jónsson and Hansína Jóhannesdóttir who came west in 1893. Sigurður died just before the turn of the century and Hansína had to leave her youngest children in foster care. Eysteinn and Sigurlaug lived in the Fljóts settlement in New Iceland.