ID: 4278
Date of birth : 1898
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Kristinn Axel and Ólöf Helga Photo: WtW
Kristinn Axel Þorkelsson was born in Dalasýsla in 1898. He took the name Axel Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1926 Ólöf Helga Sigurðardóttir b. in the Lundar Settlement in 1900.
Children: 1. Clarence 2. Harold 3. Brenda 4. Ruby 5. Pearl.
Kristinn was the son of Þorkell Jónsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir from Valþúfa at Fellsströnd. They came west in 1899 and settled in the Lundar Settlement. Kristinn grew up there and lived on his own land in the community or in Lundar. Ólöf was the daughter of Sigurður Sigurðsson from Hergilsey in Flateyjarhreppi in Barðastrandarsýsla and his wife, Sigríðar Sigfúsdóttir from Nes in Norðfjörður.