ID: 3597
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Ólöf Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1830 in Snæfellsnessýsla.
Spouse: Elías Jónsson Kærnested born in 1830 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in September 1, 1906 in the Víðines Settlement in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Margrét b. 1875 2. Dagbjört b. 1877. They were Elías’ daughters born outside of marriage.
They came west to Ontario, Canada in 1881 and settled in Caldwell in the Muskoka district. They moved west to New Iceland and settled at Laufás in the Víðines Settlement.