ID: 3502
Date of birth : 1827
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1911
Kristín Jónsdóttir was born on September 19, 1827 in Snæfellsnessýsla. She died on December 26, 1911 in Winnipeg.
Spouse: Þórarinn Þorvaldsson b. in Mýrasýsla on September 28, 1823, d. in New Iceland in 1893.
Children: 1. Þorvaldur b. December 4, 1855, d. August 22, 1929 2. Halldóra b. 1866 3. Stefán b. 1869 4. Ástríður b. 1872.
They came west across the sea in 1883 and first moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Life’s road led them to New Iceland where they took land in the Icelandic River (Íslendingafljót). Their son Þorvaldur sailed west in 1876.