ID: 11031
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Stefán and Sigríður with their four boys. Jósef, then Stefán Helgi, Karl, and Jón. Photo: Cartoon Charlie, Gene Walz.
Stefán Þórðarson was born in Árnessýsla in 1858. He died in Manitoba. He took the name Stephan Thorson in the west.
Spouse: Sigríður Þórarinsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla in 1851.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1884 2. Jósef b. March 15, 1889 3. Karl Gústaf b. August 29, 1890 4. Stefán Helgi b. 1892.
They came west to Canada in 1887 and first lived in Winnipeg. They later moved to Gimli. Their son, Karl Gústaf, is better known as the cartoonist Charlie Thorson.