V. Emil Gudmundsson wrote the article below on Albert which was published in Wagons to Wings in 1880.
“Albert Edward Kristjansson, b. Iceland, April 17, 1877, came with his parents to Gimli, 1877. He was confirmed 1891 by the pioneer Unitarian minister, Rev. Magnus Skaptason. He attended the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute, and the Meadville Theological School in Meadville, Penn. where he received his B.D. in 1910. He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry 1910 in Gimli where he served for two years. Rev. Albert E. Kristjansson served Unitarian and Liberal Christian churches at Otto and Mary Hill, 1912-1928 and in addition served a circuit of preaching stations around Lake Manitoba: Lundar, Oak Point, Clarkleigh, Hove, Markland, Lillesve, Dog Creek, Siglunes, The Narrows, Reykjavik, Gargan, Langruth and others. The two congregations that Rev. Kristjansson served were both organized 1909. The Shoal Lake congregation erected a building 1915 at Otto. The Mary Hill congregation bought the outgrown schoolhouse at Mary Hill and made it a church. One of its first activities was hosting the fifth annual meeting of the Icelandic Unitarian Conference, 1910. These congregations merged in the late twenties and the Otto church was moved to Lundar and the Mary Hill church to Oak Point. For the first few years he farmed on 13-20-5W until he moved to Lundar. But this remarkable, compassionate and intellectually keen man was first a pastor to the people he served, always caring about their welfare whether spiritual, physical, emotional or social. He had a lively sense of humour and remarkable oratorical abilities and was very effective as a preacher and popular as a speaker on all kinds of issues. Rev. Kristjansson believed strongly that his faith must be exemplified in his own life, so he had a sincere interest not only in the affairs of his churches and community but of the nation and the world. He believed that utterances about peace, justice, equality, Human rights and dignity were merely empty phrases unless they were accompanied by commitment and service, and it is not surprising that he was a pacifist in WWI. He was an early leader in the Farmer Progressive political movement and served a term in the Manitoba Legislature 1920-22. A healer and reformer, he was often controversial even among members of his congregations but to those who knew him best, despite differences, he was a dearly beloved friend. …. After Rev. Albert Kristjansson left Lundar 1928 he went to Seattle where he served a church and thence to Blaine, Wash. where he was designated Minister Emeritus 1943. He lived in Blaine until his death, July 1974 at the age of 97 years. The ashes of Rev. Albert, Anna and Hjalmar Kristjansson are interred in the Gimli cemetary.”