Kristján Árnason

ID: 20344
Date of birth : 1883
Date of death : 1937

Kristján Árnason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 15, 1883. He died in Winnipeg on September 27, 1937. He took the last name Anderson in the west.

Spouse: September 24, 1910 Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir b. March 23, 1888 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla.

Children: 1. Vilhelmína b. August 7, 1911 2. Árni Jón b. November 7, 1912.

Kristján was the son of Árni Kristjánsson and Guðbjörg Guðmundsdóttir in Reykjadal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He came to the West in the first decade of the 20th century and settled in Winnipeg. He worked many years as a carpenter and housebuilder.