ID: 8746
Single parent
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1911
Kristján Abrahamsson and his daughter, Jóhanna. Photo FLNÍ
Kristján Abrahamsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1854. He died in Winnipeg on February 27, 1911.
Spouse: Jakobína Ingibjörg Ketilsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1854.
Children: 1. Jóhanna b. 1877.
Kristján emigrated west with Jóhanna in 1883 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was traveling west with his mother, Friðrika Jónsdóttir, and siblings. Kristján took land in the Víðirnes Settlement and named his farm Reynistað. They moved to Pipestone, Saskatchewan.