Kristín Guðmundsdóttir

ID: 19969
Date of birth : 1892

 

Kristín Guðmundsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I

Kristín Guðmundsdóttir was born on October 7, 1892 in Kjósarsýsla.

Spouse: December 30, 1914 Stefán Einarsson b. May 25, 1881 in E. Skaftafellssýsla.

Children: 1. Hörður b. September 21, 1915 2. Arnrún Eleanor b. May 14, 1918 3. Ernest Baldvin b. February 14, 1934.

Kristín came to the West after 1910 because in the census of that year she is with her mother, the widow Sigríður Gísladóttir, in Esjuberg in Kjósarsýslá. Stefán came west to Winnipeg with his parents and siblings in 1904. He worked in shops in Riverton and Arborg for Svein Thorvaldsson. He moved to Winnipeg where he lived most of the time. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic National League (Þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga), president of Frón in Winnipeg for 2 years and spent many years on the board of that organization.