Þórunn Einarsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV
Þórunn Einarsdóttir was born on May 23, 1874 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in Miami, Florida on March 16, 1944.
Spouse: 1894 Magnús Teitsson b. in Helgafellssveit in Snæfellsnessýsla on September 18, 1869, d. in Vancouver on December 6, 1936. He is registered as Tait in the west.
Children: 1. Edward Byron b. in Sinclair 1897 2. Claire Valentine b. Sinclair 1899 3. Reginald T b. 1902 4. Thelma R b. 1904 5. Lawrence Theodore b. 1908, d. 1956 6. Christian A. b. 1914, d. 1953.
Þórunn came west in 1883 with her parents, Einar Jóhannesson and Guðrún Abrahamsdóttir. Magnús came west at age 14 in 1883 with relatives. He lived in Winnipeg the first years. He later moved to the Argyle settlement where he bought land with Stefán Árnason from Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Magnús later sold his share and moved to Sinclair in western Manitoba. He moved to Vancouver in 1934 where he died.