ID: 17978
Born west
Date of birth : 1906
Erlingur Kristinn Ólafsson was born in N. Dakota on March 6, 1906. He was known as Rev. Erlingur Kristinn Ólafsson in the west.
Spouse: Kristín Magnúsdóttir b. April 15, 1910 in Blaine, Washington. She had the last name Thordarson before marriage.
Children: Information needed.
Erlingur was the son of Rev. Kristinn K Ólafsson and Sigrún Ólafsdóttir. He received a BA in 1926 from St. Olaf College in Minnesota and a theological degree in Seattle, Washington in 1931. He was ordained a minister the same year. He was a minister in Juneau, Alaska from 1931-27. He then became a teacher and superintendent of a school in Cusic, Washington. Kristín was the daughter of Magnús Þórðarson, an early settler in Blaine in 1902.