Kristveig Jónsdóttir

ID: 10139
Date of birth : 1876
Date of death : 1941

Kristveig Jónsdóttir was born May 30, 1876 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Died in Manitoba July 8, 1941.

Spouse: December 20, 1896 Sigurbjörn Benediktsson b. July 16, 1875 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. December 20, 1960 in the Lundar Settlement. He took the name Sigurbjorn Benedictson in the west

Children: 1. Hólmfred b. 1894, d. 1972 2. Hjalti b. 1897, d. 1928 3. Kristín Sigríður b. May 7, 1899, d. January 31, 1929 4. Jóhanna b. 1900 5. Hólmfríður Sigrún b. March 10, 1902 6. Valgerður b. 1904 7. Haraldur b. 1906 8. Friðjón Benedikt b. 1909 9. Ósk Aðalheiður b. 1912, d. 1949 10. Lilja Sigurrós b. 1915 11. Laura b. 1918.

Kristveig came west in 1879 with her parents, Jón Frímann Kristjánsson and Kristín Jónsdóttir. Sigurbjörn and Kristveig built a log house by the Icelandic River (Íslendingafljót) north of Riverton. It was called Bjarkarvellir. In 1910 they moved to the Lundar Settlement and settled near Otto.   Sigurbjörn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1879 with his parents, Benedikt Kristjánsson and Hólmfríður Kristjánsdóttir. They settled in New Iceland and that is where Sigurbjörn grew up.