ID: 11985
Date of birth : 1838
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1919
Guttormur Þorsteinsson Photo FLNÍ
Guttormur Þorsteinsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on August 24, 1838. He died in New Iceland on January 10, 1919.
Spouse: Birgitta María Jósefsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 15, 1849, d. July 29, 1904.
Children: 1. Jósef b. 1871 2. Björg b. 1873 3. Stefán b. 1877 4. Oddur b. 1878 5. Guttormur b. 1880 6. Björn b. 1883 7. Guðríður b. 1876 8. Guðlaug b. September 23, 1887 9. Einar b. 1890.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and traveled on to Gimli in New Iceland. They lived there three years and then moved to the Víðirnes Settlement for the rest of their lives.