ID: 3149
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Þorsteinn Magnússon: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1863. He took the name Borgfjörð like his brother had done.
Spouse: 1) Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir b. 1863 2) Ragnheiður Guðmundsdóttir
Children: With first wife: 1. Guðrún b. 1885 2. Signý b. 1886. With second wife: 1. Magnús 2. Björn 3. Elísabet.
He emigrated west in 1887 and bought land in 1888 where the Framnes-Árdals Settlement was formed. He also took land in the Geysir Settlement, but sold it to Sigurður Hafliðason. They moved to Selkirk and later to Olympia, Washington near the Pacific.