Guðríður Björnsdóttir

ID: 15446
Date of birth : 1882

Guðríður Björnsdóttir was born on July 7, 1884 in Árnessýsla.

Spouse: June 1, 1907 Kristján Júlíus Kristjánsson b. in Reykjavík on July 1, 1884. He took the last name of his father’s father, Kristjáns Erlendssonar, in the west.

Children: 1. Guðmundur Kristján b. October 27, 1908 in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan 2. Katrín Lilja b. February 3, 1910 3. Svava b. September 14, 1912 4. Vilborg Hulda b. April 14, 1914 5. Axel b. April 28, 1916 6. Bjarni b. August 5, 1917 7. Oscar b. July 19, 1919 8. Björg b. March 30, 1921 9. Sigurveig Rose b. January 1, 1924 10. Anna Victoria b. May 24, 1926.

Kristján first came west in 1902 and lived in Churchbridge and in Tantallon, Saskatchewan. He returned to Iceland in 1907 and married there. He again came west to Saskatchewan, first in Tantallon and then in Foam Lake in 1909 where he lived after that. He was a farmer.