ID: 3204
Date of birth : 1834
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Helga Þorsteinsdóttir Photo: A Century Unfolds
Helga Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Mýrasýsla in 1834.
Spouse: 1) Magnús Jónsson b. 1817, d. in Iceland 2) Hákon Þórðarson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1843.
Children: With Magnús: 1. Þorsteinn b. 1863 2. Jón b. 1866 3. Sigríður b. 1868 4. Guðmundur b. 1870 5. Sesselja b. 1874. With Hákon: 1. Magnúsína b. 1877 2. Guðrún b. 1881.
Hákon and Helga came west across the sea in 1888. Þorsteinn, Helga’s oldest son, had arrived there a year earlier with his family. All lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba and from there went to New Iceland.