ID: 1977
Date of birth : 1843
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1907
Guðsteinn Þorsteinsson was born in Árnessýsla in 1843. He died in N. Dakota in 1907.
Spouse: Margrét Tómasdóttir b. June 14, 1861 in Dalasýsla, d. in Vancouver on January 12, 1932.
Children: 1. Tómas b. 1892, d. March 8, 1926 2. Marcel b. 1902, d. in Chicago in 1926.
Guðsteinn came west to Winnipeg in 1877 while Margrét arrived there in 1876 with her father, Tómas Kristjánsson. Guðsteinn and Margrét settled in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota. After Guðsteinn’s death, Margrét moved west to the Pacific.