Baldvin Kristinsson fæddist í Skagafjarðarsýslu árið 1877.  Hafstein vestra. Hann flutti vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1883 með móður sinni, Gunnvöru Baldvinsdóttur og eiginmanns hennar, Pétri Jóhannssyni. Þau bjuggu í N. Dakota til ársins 1896 en fluttu þá í Lundarbyggð í Manitoba. Þar nam Baldvin land og bjó á því einhvern tíma en flutti seinna vrstur að Kyrrahafi.

Pétur Jóhannson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1852. He took the last name Hallson in the west. Spouse: Gunnvör Baldvinsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1851. Children: 1. Jónína b. 1880 2. Jóhanna 3. Guðrún 4. Jóhann 5. Kristjana. Gunnvör had Baldvin Kristinsson from her first marriage, born in 1877. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883. They settled in N. …

Gunnvör Baldvinsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1851. Spouse: Pétur Jóhannson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1852. He took the last name Hallson in the west. Children: 1. Jónína b. 1880 2. Jóhanna 3. Guðrún 4. Jóhann 5. Kristjana. Gunnvör had Baldvin Kristinsson in her first marriage, born in 1877. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883. They settled in N. Dakota …