ID: 15389
Born west
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : Selkirk
Ólöf Guðbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Selkirk, Manitoba on December 24, 1888.
Spouse: 1916 Kristján Jónsson b. in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba on September 25, 1890, d. in Toronto on October 7, 1963. He was known as Dr. Kristjan Jonsson Austmann in the west.
Children: 1. Kristján Þóroddur b. February 17, 1917 2. Þóra Clara b. April 23, 1922, twin 3. Raquel Lára b. April 23, 1922.
Ólöf was the daughter of Þorstein Oddsson from Langanes and Rakel Sigfúsdóttir who came west in 1888. Kristján was the son of Jón Ólafsson, poet and editor, and Þóra Þorvarðardóttir. Þóra married Jón Jónsson Austmann in 1891 and he raised Kristján as his own son. Kristján studied medicine and practiced in many places.