
Kristín Albertsdóttir and Oddur Vigfússon Photo: WC
Kristín Albertsdóttir was born in 1885 in Lincoln County in Minnesota. She took the name Kristin A. Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Oddur Vigfússon born in N. Múlasýsla on February 24, 1879; d. in Minneota, Minnesota on March 10, 1950. He took the last name Anderson in Minnesota.
Children: Louise Sigríður b. 1905 2. Eunice Ólöf b. April 2, 1907 3. Ottó Sigurður b. April 23, 1910 4. Anna Genevieve b. 1912.
Oddur came west to Minnesota in 1880 with his father, Vigfús Andrésson, future stepmother, Sigríður Jóhannsdóttir, and siblings. He went to school, was well educated, and became a salesman at the O. G. Anderson Cash Store. He worked in real estate and bought land in McLean County, N. Dakota, which he divided into lots and offered for sale to his fellow countrymen in Minnesota through the “Anderson Land Company”.
