Steinunn S Jónsdóttir

ID: 3708
Date of birth : 1895

Steinunn Sigríður Jónsdóttur Photo: VÍÆ I

  Steinunn Sigríður Jónsdóttir was born on April 19, 1895 in Snæfellsnessýsla.

Spouse: April 12, 1916  Theodore Þ Thordarson b. in Gullbringusýsla on December 1, 1890.

Children: 1. Lára b. December 5, 1917 2. Svanfríður b. February 23, 1921 3. Helga Grímólfína b. November 27, 1927 4. Theodor Thomas b. February 26, 1931 5. Peter Gordon Roy b. July 1, 1937.

Steinunn came to the West in 1889 with her parents, Jón Jóhannes Jónsson and Solveig Grímólfsdóttir. They settled in Mikley. Theodore was the son of Þórður Tómas Þórðarson and Arnfríður Magnúsdóttir, who came west to Manitoba in 1900. They were first in Gimli and later in Selkirk. Theodor lived with them in both places, but then in 1905 went to Mikley where he learned carpentry. He lived on the island until 1921 and did fishing and carpentry. He was in Selkirk after that until 1943 and then Winnipeg until 1948. That year he went west to the Pacific coast and lived in Vancouver.