ID: 20416
Born west
Date of birth : 1914
Pálína Guðrún Þórðardóttir Photo: VÍÆ
Pálína Guðrún Þórðardóttir was born in the Árnes settlement on July 10, 1914. She had the last name Pálsson in the west.
Spouse: April 14, 1943 Þorsteinn Guðni Stefánsson b. March 29, 1917 in Cypress River, Manitoba. He had the last name Johnson in the west.
Pálína was the daughter of Þórður Pálsson and his second wife, Halldóra Högnadóttir, early settlers in the Árnes settlement. Þorsteinn was the son of Stefán Guðmundur Þorsteinsson and Sigrún Vilfríður Þorsteinsdóttir, early settlers in the Argyle settlement in Manitoba. Þorsteinn grew up there with his mother and stepfather, Emil Þorsteinsson. He first worked in agriculture for Emil but started farming for himself in 1938.