Karítas Einarsdóttir

ID: 9950
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1955

Karítas Hansína Einarsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1864, d. February 9, 1955.

Spouse: Haraldur Jóhannesson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859, d. in Manitoba in 1930. He took the last name Olson in the west.

Children: 1. Baldur b. April 2, 1888, d. September 14, 1952 2. Sigríður 3. William

Haraldur came west with his parents, Jóhannes Ólafsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir, to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882.  He was with them there the first years, but in 1889 he bought land with his father in the Argyle Settlement. They lived there for some time before moving back to Winnipeg and living there.