ID: 19398
Born west
Place of birth : Vatnabyggð
Kristbjörg Elín Gísladóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. She had the last name Bíldfell.
Spouse: Vigfús Sveinsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1890. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Children: 1. Edvard Helgi 2. Sveinbjörg Þórunn 3. Gíslína Valgerður.
Kristbjörg was the daughter of Gísli Jónsson Bíldfell and Valgerður Eiríksdóttir, early settlers in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð). Vigfús came west with his parents to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1900 and grew up in the Foam Lake community. There he took land in 1909 and later bought more.