ID: 10224
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : N.Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1925
Benedikt Kristjánsson was born 1846 in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla. Died in New Iceland in 1925.
Spouse: 1) Hólmfríður Kristjánsdóttir b. in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla in 1849, d. in Winnipeg in 1893 2) 1895 Björg Auðunsdóttir b. in Mýrasýsla in 1858, d. 1940 in New Iceland.
Children: With Hólmfríður: 1. Valdimar died at birth 2. Sveinbjörn b. 1875. With Björg: 1. Friðhólm Valdimar b. 1894 2. Benedikt Kristján b. 1895.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1879 and onwards to New Iceland. Settled in the Icelandic River Settlement and lived there.