Friðrik Ágúst and Elín Guðrún Photo: MoO
Friðrik and Elín’s house in Ósland Photo: MoO
Friðrik Ágúst Kristmannsson was born in Dalasýsla on August 19, 1871. He died in British Colubia on July 5, 1949. He took the name Fred Kristmanson in the west.
Spouse: October 26, 1895 Elín Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. January 26, 1872, d. in Vancouver in 1970.
Children: 1. Anna b. 1892, d. 1910. 2. Jóhanna Sesselja b. October 6, 1899 3. Hjörtur Rósmann 4. Snæbjörn Skarphéðinn 5. Valdimar Daníel b. 1903 6. Jónas Júlíus 7. Emma 8. Ólafur 9. George 10. Sara 11. Steina. Five children died young.
They went west in 1903 with Anna; Jóhanna Sesselja was left behind due to illness. She was supposed to come west a year later with relatives but nothing came of it. She never went west, but met her mother in 1965. Friðrik worked in construction in Winnipeg for four years, lived for a while in Selkirk, but settled in Lundar where the family lived until 1913. They then moved west to the Pacific Ocean and settled in the Ósland Settlement.