ID: 9298
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Hans Kristinn Sigurbjörnsson was born in 1861 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the name Hans Hanson in the west.
Spouse: Herdís Ketilríður Björnsdóttir b. November 11, 1869 in Strandasýsla, d. in N. Dakota on July 4, 1899.
Children: 1. Þóra d. 1970 2. Jóna d. 1919 3. Sigríður 4. Þorsteinn 5. Björn (Barney) d. March 5, 1970.
Hans emigrated in 1878 with his parents, Sigurbjörn Hansson and Aðalbjörg Jónsdóttir. Herdís came west in 1883 with her parents, Björn Jósefsson and Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, and siblings. They settled near Mountain, N. Dakota. Herdís and Hans were married there and began farming. Hans moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan with the children in 1912.