ID: 20229
Born west
Date of birth : 1915
Lilja Sigurrós Benedictson was born in Lundar, Manitoba on July 3, 1915.
Spouse: Edwin Norman Kristjanson b. in the Shoal Lake (Grunnavatn) settlement on August 29, 1905, d. in Winnipeg 1980.
Children: 1. Marianne Shirley b. June 13, 1937 2. Clifford Ellis b. October 13, 1939 3. Carol Grace b. January 24, 1944.
Lilja was the daughter of Sigurbjörn Benediktsson and Kristveig Jónsdóttir Freeman in Lundar. Edwin’s parents were Sigurbjörn Kristjánsson and Eirika Sigurbjörg Sveinbjörnsdóttir in the Shoal Lake (Grunnavatn) settlement. Edwin took over his parents’ farm in 1944 but later moved to Winnipeg where he worked at the Provincial Agricultural College.