ID: 3415
Date of birth : 1836
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1958
Jón Þorsteinsson was born in Mýrasýsla on August 29, 1836. He died in Winnipeg on April 6, 1958. He took the last name Stone in the west.
Spouse: Solveig Bjarnadóttur b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on February 6, 1848, d. August 1, 1942.
Children: 1. Snjálaug b. 1870 2. Ingveldur b. 1875 3. Margrét b. 1877 4. Bjarnþór b. August 29, 1884, d. April 6, 1958.
They came west to Manitoba in 1886 and settled in New Iceland. They moved after a few years to Winnipeg and lived there the rest of their lives.