ID: 10004
Date of birth : 1838
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1930
Þorsteinn Jónsson and Guðrún Bjarnadóttir Photo: Lögberg, March 26, 1931.
Þorsteinn Jónsson was born at Melrakkaslétta in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 6, 1838. He died in the Argyle Settlement on November 8, 1930. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 2) Guðrún Bjarnadóttir b. June 2, 1859, d. April 3, 1918. Information is needed on Þorsteinn’s first wife who died young.
Children: 1. Stefán Guðmundur d. 1921 2. Bjarni, d. young 3. Vilberg d. 1918 4. Jón Þorsteinn b. in Gimli on August 7, 1879 5. Pétur 6. Ástríður 7. Guðrún, d. young 8. Emil 9. Fjóla Bjarnína.
They came west to Manitoba in 1879 and first lived in New Iceland. They took land in the Argyle Settlement 1881 and lived there from then on.