Guttormur Thorsteinsson (1838-1919), son of Thorstein Gudmunson and Gudridur Sigurdardottir, and Birgitta Maria Josefsdottir (1849-1904), daughter of Josef Einarsson and Solveig Stefansdotir, were married in Vopnafjordur, Iceland in 1869. In 1893 the couple, along with nine of their ten children—Thorstein Josef, Bjorg, Stephan, Oddur, Guttormur, Bjorn, Gudridur Solveig, Gudlaug and Einar—left Krossavik farm in Vopnafjordur for Canada, and settled in Husavik, Manitoba. The second son of Guttormur Thorsteinssson and Birgitta Maria Josefsdottir, Thorstein, stayed in Iceland only to follow the family to Canada in 1903. After a difficult start in their new home, the family became a part of the Icelandic community in Manitoba. The children grew up to establish farms, marry and begin their own families, and establish their own homes in Manitoba or other communities in North America.

Stephan Guttormsson (1877-1959), the fourth son of Guttormur Thorsteinsson & Birgitta Maria Josefsdottir, married Ragnhildur Gisladottir (1886-1986), daughter of Gisli Jonsson and Solrun Arnadottir, also from Iceland. The couple did not have any children of their own, but adopted the care of the daughters of Ragnhildur’s brother Gisli Jonsson and his wife Ragnheidur Gudmundsdottir: Solrun R. Johnson, Aurora Siguridur Johnson and Ragnheidur (Heather) Johnson. Stephan studied at the Central Collegiate in Winnipeg, Wesley College, and the University of Manitoba and later became a civil engineer and a surveyor in Winnipeg.

Rev. Guttormur Guttormsson, sixth son of Guttormur Thorsteinsson & Birgitta Maria Josefsdottir became a Lutheran minister as well as the author of a family memoir in the book Foreldrar Miner ( My Parents) (Bokautgafan Minning, Reykjavik: 1956), which was also published in 2007 by the University of Manitoba Press (Birna Bjaradottir and Finnbogi Gudmundsson, eds.) He resided in Minneota, Minnesota.

Einar (1889-?), the youngest of Guttormur Thorsteinsson & Birgitta Maria Josefsdottir married Holmfridur (Freda) May Johannesson. Freda was the daughter of Jonas Johannesson and Asdis Palina Saemundsdottir. Together Einar and Freda had 8 children: Birgitta Gudlaug, Asdis Sigrun, Helga Bergljot, Einar Fredrik, Donald Saemunder, Hinrik, Roberta, Jonas Johannesson, Florence Eileen and Clifford Edwin. Einar died in 1975.

Hinrik Guttormson (1925-1945), son of Einar and Freda Guttormsson, was a Sergeant in World War Two and served as a Pilot Officer in Squadron 431. Hinrik was reported missing in action when his plane went down over Chemnitz, Germany on March 5, 1945. He was presumed dead on 30 October, 1945. His death was later verified on 1 March, 1948. A permanent grave marker was erected in Hinrik's memory in the Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Henrik’s name is also engraved in Canada’s Bomber Command Memorial in Ottawa and on the War Dead Memorial at the St James Anglican Church in, Libau, Manitoba. James T. Watt placed Hinrik Guttormson's name on a marker, honouring members of 431 Squadron at the National Air Force Museum of Canada. To further honour Hinrik’s sacrifice the Manitoba government consecrated a Lake Guttormson, east of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba in 1973.

Asdis Sigrun Anderson, daughter of Einar and Freda Guttormsson and sister of Hinrik, married Stoney Anderson and bore the children Bryce Norton, Gary Thorstein Andres, Norma Louise, Sylvia, James Duncan, Charles Dennis, Marjorie May and Frederick Dean.

Frederikka (Rikka) Elizabeth Johannesson (1898-1992), daughter of Jonas Johannesson and Asdis Palina Saemundsdottir, and sister of Freda Johannesson, lived in Husavik until her family moved to Winnipeg in 1916. In 1920 Rikka enrolled in the Registered Nurses Diploma Program at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, and graduated in 1923 to begin her nursing career. Frederikka married Harry Atkinson, and, after his death, married Herbert L. Moyer (?-1973). Frederikka was an enthusiastic Jehovah’s Witness.

Johanna Johannesson, also a sister of Freda and Frederikka Johannesson, was the mother of James T. Watt, future author of the book <a target="_blank" href="http://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/UMB:UMB_ALMA21558680830001651">“Lost in War,”</a> inspired by the life of his cousin Hinrik Guttormson.