ID: 12171
Date of birth : 1899
Kristín Hjálmarsdóttir was born in Vopnafjörður on October 20, 1899.
Unmarried and childless
Kristín’s parents were Hjálmar Jósefsson and Þóra Jónsdóttir who came west in 1903. The family first settled in Minnesota, then moved from there to Leslie, Saskatchewan and settled on land just south of the village of the same name. Kristín and her brothers had a family farm.