Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir

ID: 8843
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1942

Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir was born on September 30, 1853 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died on September 22, 1942 in N. Dakota.

Spouse: Sigurður Kráksson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1853. He died in N. Dakota on March 27, 1903.

Children: 1. Halldór b. 1877, d. 1878 2. Guðrún Halldóra b. October 1, 1879 3. Lovísa María b. June 17, 1882 4. Sigurður Aðalsteinn b. November 9, 1884, d. January 24, 1909 5. Hallgrímur Bergman b. 1886 6. Jóna Sólveig b. July 22, 1890 7. Sigríður Björg b. November 7, 1892, d. November 28, 1892 8. Þorbergur Marínó b. March 20, 1894 9. Kristinn b. July 31, 1895, d. September 5, 1895 10. Anna Sumarrós b. 1897, d. March 15, 1903 11. Baldvin Aðalgeir b. October 12, 1900. They had 12 children.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1878 and first lived in New Iceland. They moved south to Mountain, N. Dakota in 1880 and lived there the rest of their lives.