Kristinn Kristinsson Photo Almanak 1912
Kristinn Kristinsson was born in N. Múlasýsla May 26, 1851. Died in Markerville, Alberta February 11, 1826. Christinsson vestra.
Spouse: 1882 Sigurlaug Einara Guðmundsdóttir b. November 19, 1860 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in Innisfail, Alberta December 28, 1936.
Children: 1. Stefán Kristinn Ólafur b. May 5, 1883, d. November 17, 1905 2. Guðbjörg Lilja b. íinMountain, N. Dakota March 28, 1884, d. February 24, 1923 3. Hannes Frost b. in N. Dakota September 9, 1885, d. September 7, 1962 4. fosterchild Hólmfríður Eleanor Ólafsdóttir b. in Calgary, Alberta April 2, 1897, d. October 6, 1966.
Kristinn came west to America in 1873 and landed in Philadelphia in the Unites States on May 29. He then traveled west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin but a year later he settled in the Icelandic colony in Shawano County in Wisconsin. He moved west to N. Dakota in 1879 and bought land in the Garðar Settlement. He began farming, but then moved to the Markerville Settlement in Alberta Canada in 1889. Sigurlaug was the sister of Stephan G. Stephansson and came west with her parents and brother in 1873. Kristinn and Sigurlaug did not come west on the same ship.