ID: 9284
Date of birth : 1884
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Hólmgeir Kristjánsson was born in 1884 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the last name Ísfeld in the west.
Spouse: a woman of English descent
He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with his parents, Kristján Magnússon and Helga Tómasdóttir, and siblings. The family settled in the Argyle Settlement. Hólmgeir moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and took land there. He later sold the land to Jakob Helgason and moved back to the Argyle area.