ID: 3940
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1950
Hólmfríður Salóme Kristjánsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on February 17, 1868. She died on February 17, 1950.
Spouse: December 22, 1888 Daníel Hjörtur Guðnason b. in Dalasýsla on October 31, 1865, d. in the Lundar Settlement on October 13, 1946. He took the last name Backman in the west.
Children: 1. Kristján Jens b. 1889 2. Guðni b. November 7, 1891 3. Þórður b. 1904, d. June 4, 1924.
They came west to Winnipeg on the same ship in 1887. They took land in the Álftavatn Settlement near Burnt Lake where they lived for two years. They were forced off their land when the lake flooded and they returned to Winnipeg. They took land south of Lundar and moved from Winnipeg to the community in 1900. They lived there the rest of their lives.