Kristján Fjeldsted

ID: 13725
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1945

Kristján and Guðbjörg, Kristjana (standing) and Laufey  Photo: WtW

Kristján Eggertsson Fjeldsted was born on May 30, 1864 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in the Lundar settlement on September 17, 1945.

Spouse: 1898 Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir b. August 29, 1870 at Akranes in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. August 11, 1926.

Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1889 2. Vigfús b. 1900 d. 1903 3. Eggert b. 1902, d. in Winnipeg 1903 4. Laufey Lára 5. Kristín Margrét 6. Eggert Vigfús b. 1909 7. Jóhann Axel b. September 1, 1910 8. Guðmundur Steinn b. March 1, 1914.

Back row: Kristjana, Kristín and Laufey. In front: Eggert Vigfús, Guðmundur Steinn, and Jóhann Photo: WtW

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1903 and lived there for several years. In 1907, they moved to the Lundar settlement and lived on their land south of Lundar. In 1920 they moved into the village.