Eiríkur Magnússon Photo: Well Connected
Eiríkur Magnússon was born in N. Múlasýsla on March 14, 1870. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 19, 1968. He took the name Eric M. Thorsteinson in the west.
Spouse: July 10, 1898 Guðrún (Runa) Sigurjónsdóttir b. in Markland, Nova Scotia on July 10, 1879.
Children: 1. Erlind Hjálmar b. October 9, 1899 2. Lillian Margrét b. December 16, 1900 3. Elvira Elízabet b. October 23, 1903 4. Lyle John b. November 14, 1906 5. Ellsworth Steven b. September 30, 1907.
Eiríkur came west to Minnesota in 1878 with his father, Magnús Þorsteinsson, and his wife, Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir. With them was his grandfather, Þorsteinn Erlendsson. They settled in Lincoln County. Eiríkur grew up there and bought land in the settlement in 1892. In 1905 he rented his land and house and moved to the town of Marshall. He later moved with his family to St. Paul, Minnesota, but in 1913, he sold his land and house and settled in Minneapolis. He did business there until he moved to California in 1923.