ID: 7480
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1924
Jón Helgi and Albertína Photo: Faith and Fortitude
Jón Helgi Júlíus Þorsteinsson: Born April 10, 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died on May 19, 1924. He took the name Thorsteinson in the west.
Spouse: Albertína Arnþrúður Jónsdóttir born December 3, 1853 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. March 30, 1937.
Children: 1. Valgerður b. 1883 2. Jón b. 1889 3. Hólmfríður b. 1892 4. Þorsteinn b. 1894.
They emigrated west at the beginning of the 1900’s and bought land in the Geysir Settlement that they called Helgavatn.