ID: 4644
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : Ísafjarðarsýsla
Kristján Gabríelsson was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1859. He took the name Christian Gabrielson in the west.
Spouse: Halldóra Bjarnadóttir b. 1866 in Hnífsdal in Ísafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Bjarni 2. Soffanías 3. Kristján 4. Anna 5. Magnús 6. Kristinn
Kristján came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887, Halldóra arrived there a year later. Kristján worked here and there in Manitoba the first two years, then moved to Wallace, Manitoba where he took land. They lived there seven years, then moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1897.