ID: 8711
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1922
Kristinn Ólafsson and Katrín Ólafsdóttir Photo SÍND
Kristinn Ólafsson was born on October 15, 1853 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota on October 14, 1922.
Spouse: 1867 Katrín Ólafsdóttir b. September 1, 1833 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. January 11, 1912.
Children: 1. Aðalbjörg b. 1868 2. Ólafur b. 1870 3. Pétur b. July 6, 1871, d. 1893 4. Kristgerður b. July 30, 1872 5. Jón b. August 26, 1873 in Ontario 6. Stefanía b. 1875 in Wisconsin 7. Kristinn b. September 28, 1880 in Garðar, North Dakota.
They emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873. They settled in Dane County and lived there until 1876 when they took land in the Lyon County Settlement in Minnesota. In 1880 they moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota.