Kristján Vilhelm Jónsson* was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1826. He died in the Narrows in Manitoba on January 23, 1908. He took the name Kernested or Kjernested in the west. Spouse: 1) Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir b. 1817 2) Sigurlaug Sæmundsdóttir b. 1836 in Skagafjarðarsýsla 3) Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir. Children: With Þorbjörg: 1. Páll b. 1849 2. Þórdís b. 1852. They had other …

Halldór Kristjánsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on November 16, 1869. He took the name Kernested on the west. Spouse: Sigrún Benediktsdóttir b. 1869 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Snorri 2. Kristján Vilhelm. They had a foster son named Lawrence. Halldór took land in the Víðirnes Settlement near Kjarna where his father lived.

Páll Kristjánsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1858. He took the last name Kjærnested or Kernested in the west. He died in the Narrows on February 14, 1932. Spouse: 1) Sesselja Friðríksdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859 2) Guðný Jóhannesdóttir b. September 11, 1862, d. March 3, 1904 3) Snjólaug Jónsdóttir Children: with Sesselja: 1. Kristján b. 1874, d. 1882. …

Sesselja Friðriksdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859. She died in N. Dakota after 1880. Spouse: Páll Kristjánsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1858. He took the last name Kjærnested or Kernested in the west, d. in the Narrows on February 14, 1932. Children: 1. Kristján b. 1874, d. 1882. Páll and Sesselja came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and …

Þorbjörg Kristjánsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 18, 1866. She died on June 19, 1948 in Gimli, Manitoba. Spouse: March 16, 1887 Kristján Pétursson b. October 16, 1862 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Winnipeg on February 20, 1953. He had the name Christian P. Paulson in the west. Children: 1. Violet 2. Gordon Alex. Kristján came to the West …