ID: 11861
Date of birth : 1897
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Sigurður Þorsteinsson was born on February 5, 1897 in Vopnafjörður in N. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1913.
Children: They had six children; information is needed about them.
Sigurður came west in 1902 with his parents, Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson and Vilborg Jónsdóttir. They came to Manitoba, moved from there to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan, and lastly moved to Red Deer Point, Manitoba in 1915. Guðrún was a year old when she came west with her parents, Þorsteinn Vigfússon and Kristín Jónsdóttir. They lived in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba. Sigurður was the Inspector of the Canadian Government for Fisheries in Northern Manitoba.