ID: 16667
Date of birth : 1892
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Oddný Jónína Steingrímsdóttir was born on August 17, 1892 in Húnavatnssýsla.
Spouse: May 17, 1924 Kristjón Finnsson b. in Riverton in New Iceland on May 22, 1894. He took his father’s name and is registered as Kristjón Kr. Finnsson in the west.
Children: 1. Lovísa Frances b. November 3, 1925 2. Arnþór Kristjón b. May 25, 1927.
Oddný’s parents were Steingrímur Sigurðsson and Elísabet Jónsdóttir of Húnavatnssýsla, pioneer settlers in 1900 in the Víðir settlement. Kristjón was the son of Kristjón Finnsson and Þórunn Björg Eiríksdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland. As a young man, Kristjón began farming with his father, served in the Canadian army in World War I, and returned to farming in the Víðir settlement.