ID: 9234
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Einar Magnússon was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 4, 1864. He died in the Garðar Settlement on September 28, 1942. He took the last name Melsted in the west.
Spouse: 1) Aðalbjörg Kristinsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1868, d. 1905 2) Valgerður Bjarnadóttir b. 1873, d. in N. Dakota in 1913.
Children: With Aðalbjörg: 1. Leó 2. Stefán. With Valgerður: 1. Magnús 2. Albert 3. Vilhjálmur 4. Bjarni.
Einar came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 with his mother, Elín Magnúsdóttir, and siblings. They lived in New Iceland five years, then moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1881.