ID: 15085
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1924
Jón Þorsteinsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1863. He died on November 24, 1924 in Winnipeg. He took the name Jón Th. Pálsson in the west.
Spouse: Una Þorláksdóttir b. August 29, 1854, d. July 29, 1924 in the Isafold Settlement.
Children: 1. Andrés Júlíus b. July 13, 1895 2. Hafsteinn b. April 23, 1897 3. Þorgeir Valdimar 4. Helgi died as a child in Iceland.
Jón and Una came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1911 with Þorgeir Valdimar. Andrés had emigrated with his foster parents in 1900 and Hafsteinn emigrated west in 1922. They settled in the Ísafold Settlement.