Sigurður Kristinn Axdal Photo: VÍÆ III
Sigurður Kristinn Þórðarson was born on February 12, 1914 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. He had the last name Axdal in the west.
Spouse: April 26, 1933 Guðrún Bjarnadóttir b. February 19, 1911 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Woodrow Fred b. January 23, 1934 2. Audrey Lenore b. April 7, 1941.
Sigurður was the son of Þórður Sigurjónsson of S. Þingeyjarsýsla and Jóna Sólveig Sigurðardóttir from Mountain, N. Dakota. They were pioneer settlers in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1909. Guðrún (Rúna) was the daughter of Bjarni Friðriksson and Helga Stefánsdóttir, who lived in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) near Wynyard. Sigurður and Guðrún lived in Vatnabyggð all their lives, Sigurður a farmer but later a wheat merchant, manager of a construction company, and supervisor of a health center.