Þórey Stefánsdóttir

ID: 12288
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1946

Þórey Stefánsdóttir was born on July 2, 1867 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in New Iceland on October 15, 1946.

Spouse: Gestur Oddleifsson b. in Strandasýsla on January 24, 1868, d. in the Geysir Settlement on December 31, 1942

Children: 1. Oddleifur 2. Una 3. Stefanía Sigurbjörg 4. Ingibjörg Arin 5. Gestur Stefán 6. Sigurður Óskar b. December 7, 1895 7. Þórey Sigríður 8. Sigurbergur 9. Jóhannesína 10. Mabel Lára

Þórey came west in 1876 with her parents, Stefán Þorsteinsson and Sigurborg Sigfúsdóttir. The family settled at Breiðuvík in New Iceland and called their farm Ljósaland. Gestur came with his parents west in 1874 and lived in Kinmount, Ontario a year. They moved to New Iceland in 1875 and lived in Gimli. Gestur and Þórey took land in the Geysir Settlement and settled there in 1885. They called their farm Hagi.