ID: 7485
Date of birth : 1838
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Þorsteinn Jónsson: Born at Kílsnesi at Melrakkasléttu in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1838.
Spouse: 1) Margrét Jónsdóttir died after a few years of marriage. 2) Guðrún Bjarnadóttir b. 1847 in Þingeyjarsýsla
Children: 1) Stefán 2) Vilborg 3) Bjarni 4) Jón 5) Pétur 6) Ástfríður 7) Guðrún 8) Emil 9) Fjóla Bjarnína
Þorsteinn came west with his wife and children in 1879. His mother-in-law, Jarðþrúður Jónsdóttir, joined them. He moved to New Iceland and lived there until 1881 when he moved to the Argyle Settlement.