ID: 10316
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Sigurbjörn Þorsteinsson was born on June 10, 1849 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in 1929 in South Dakota. He took the name Stone in the west.
Spouse: April 25, 1871 Rósa Gísladóttir b. November 20, 1844 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. December 14, 1918.
Children: 1. Gísli Pétur b. August 4, 1874, d. 1908. 2. Maria b. 1882. Gisli took the last name Thorsteinsson.
They emigrated west in 1879 and farmed in the Lincoln County Settlement near Minneota, Minnesota. Þuríður Árnadóttir, Rósa’s mother, travelled with them along with Sigurbjörn’s sister María.