ID: 2123
Date of birth : 1877
Kristján Ólafsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on November 1, 1877.
Spouse: November 24, 1899 Guðbjörg Guðmundsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla on December 3, 1872, d. in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) on January 12, 1950.
Children: 1. Guðmundur Marinó Ólafsson b. October 10, 1900 2. María Laufey b. 1902 3. Theodora Emily 4. Carl 5. Halldóra Ástrós 6. Aðalsteinn 7. Victoria Eygerður 8. Sigurlína Þuríður.
Kristján came west to Winnipeg in 1900 and worked as a butcher for twelve years. He was a farmer in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) near Leslie for a number of years. He went back to butchering and ran a meat market and store.