Stefanía Kristinsdóttir

ID: 15584

Born west

Date of birth : 1875

Place of birth : Wisconcin

Date of death : 1939

Stefanía Kristinsdóttir

Stefanía Kristinsdóttir was born on September 17, 1875 in Dane County, Wisconsin. She died on May 30, 1939 in N. Dakota. She took the name Stefania K. Olafson in the west.

Spouse: Jón Matthíasson b. May 1, 1871 in Strandasýsla.

Children: 1. Matthías b. October 30, 1901 2. Kristinn b. June 2, 1903 3. Margrét b. October 28, 1904 4. Aðalbjörg b. November 26, 1906 5. Guðrún, twin, b. September 8, 1908 6. Katrín (Kathryn) b. September 8, 1908 7. Oddur Ingvald b. May 24, 1911 8. Bjarni b. June 15, 1913 9. Ólöf Sigurbjörg b. November 26, 1916 10. Sigrún Friðrikka b. December 29, 1918.

Stefanía lived with her parents in Wisconsin and in Lyon County, Minnesota 1876-1880. She moved with them to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Stefanía and Jón farmed in the Garðar Settlement and later, about 1930, in Montrose County, N. Dakota.