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Family of Þorsteinn ÞORSTEINSSON and Sigríður BJARNADÓTTIR

Husband: Þorsteinn ÞORSTEINSSON

  • Name:

  • Þorsteinn ÞORSTEINSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Þorsteinn ÞORLEIFSSON (1832-aft1870)

  • Mother:

  • Sigríður JÓHANNESDÓTTIR (1837-aft1870)

  • Birth:

  • Jan 28, 1861

  • Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2,3,4

  • Baptism:

  • Jan 28, 1861 (age 0)

  • Breiðabólsstað í Vesturhópi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 8-9)

  • Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 18-19)

  • -; Breiðabólstaður, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Jóhann Lárus Snorrason

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 18-19)

  • Breiðabólstaður, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland5

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 26-27)

  • to USA from Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland3,6

  •  

  • with his family

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1891 (age 29-30)3

  •  

  • Occupation:

  • 1901 (age 39-40)

  • Lumber Laborer3

  • Life Event:

  •  

  • Garðar, N-Dakota, USA

  •  

  • Settist fyrst að við Garðar, N-Dakota, fluttist þaðan í Þingvallabyggðina, nam þar land og var þar í 3 ár uns þau flúðu þaðan sökum vatnsskorts. Bjó síðan í Selkirk og að lokum í Blaine.

  • Residence:

  • 1908 (age 46-47)

  • Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, USA

  • Death:

  • Aug 31, 1908 (age 47)

  • Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, USA

Wife: Sigríður BJARNADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Sigríður BJARNADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Aug 12, 1855

  • Iceland7

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 32-33)

  • to Canada from Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland7

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1891 (age 35-36)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Jan 3, 1945 (age 89)

  • USA

Child 1: Lárus Bjarni Þorsteinsson LÍNDAL

  • Name:

  • Lárus Bjarni Þorsteinsson LÍNDAL

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Oct 25, 1886

  • Iceland3,7,8

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 1-2)

  • to Canada from Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 14-15)

  • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada3

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 23-24)

  • Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, USA8

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 43-44)

  • Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA8

  • Death:

  • Apr 27, 1985 (age 98)

  • USA8

Child 2: Jóhannes Jón ÞORSTEINSSON

  • Name:

  • Jóhannes Jón ÞORSTEINSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Oct 25, 1886

  • Iceland7,8,9

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 1-2)

  • to Canada from Vatnshorni, Víðidalstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 14-15)

  • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada3

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 23-24)

  • Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, USA8

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • USA ?

Child 3: Theodore THORSTEINSON

  • Name:

  • Theodore THORSTEINSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Sep 17, 1892

  • Manitoba, Canada10

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 8-9)

  • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada3

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Canada ?

Child 4: Joseph Walter THORSTEINSON

  • Name:

  • Joseph Walter THORSTEINSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Apr 4, 1894

  • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada3,11

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 6-7)

  • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada3

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Canada ?

Child 5: Sigurlaug THORSTEINSSON

  • Name:

  • Sigurlaug THORSTEINSSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Sep 17, 1899

  • Manitoba, Canada3

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 1-2)

  • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada3

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Canada ?

Note on Husband: Þorsteinn ÞORSTEINSSON

Settist fyrst að við Garðar, N-Dakota, fluttist þaðan í Þingvallabyggðina, nam þar land og var þar í 3 ár uns þau flúðu þaðan sökum vatnsskorts. Bjó síðan í Selkirk og að lokum í Blaine.

Sources

1.

Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.

2.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870.

3.

Gov. of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901).

4.

Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS. NameThorsteinn Thorsteinsson.

5.

Icelandic Census 1880. Breiðabólstaður, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

6.

Icelandic Census 1901.

7.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

8.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

9.

Gov. of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901). Source Citation: Year: 1901; Census Place: Selkirk (Town/Ville), Selkirk, Manitoba; Page: 4; Family No: 30. for birth date.

10.

Ibid. Source Citation: Year: 1901; Census Place: Selkirk (Town/Ville), Selkirk, Manitoba; Page: 4; Family No: 30. for person, birth date and birth location.

11.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1894-005999 mothers name as SIGURDUR BIROUSDOTTER.