Kristín Þorleifsdóttir

ID: 2234
Date of birth : 1875
Date of death : 1900

Kristín Þorleifsdóttir was born on October 18, 1875 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died in the Garðar settlement in N. Dakota on November 24, 1900.

Spouse: Steinólfur Steinólfsson b. November 19, 1873 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on October 19, 1925.

Children: 1. Gunnar Rafn b. December 16, 1896 2. Leifur Sigurður b. March 13, 1899 3. Steinunn b. April 17, 1900, d. October 30, 1900.

Kristín came west in 1887 with her parents, Þorleifur Gunnarsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir, who settled in N. Dakota. Steinólfur came west in 1882 with his father, Steinólfur Grímsson. He grew up in the Garðar settlement in N. Dakota but moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1908 and took land near Mozart.