ID: 9657
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1925
Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on August 9, 1842. She died on January 9, 1925 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð).
Spouse: Jónas Kristjánsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 28, 1845, d. in Saskatchewan on February 1, 1915.
Children: 1. Halldór b. 1878 2. Hólmfríður b. 1880 3. Hlaðgerður b. 1884 4. Hákon b. 1887 5. Matthildur b. 1889
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and from there to N. Dakota. They lived in the Pembina Settlement until the turn of the century, but moved in 1902 west to the Vallar Settlement in Saskatchewan. In 1912, they moved north to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) and settled in Wynyard.