ID: 6226
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Kristján Bessason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1869.
Spouse: Guðrún Vigfúsdóttir b. 1869 in Rangárvallasýsla.
Children: 1. Vigfúsína b. 1900 2. Elín Hermína b. 1903 3. Valgerður b. 1903.
Kristján and the family emigrated west in 1904 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement. Guðrún died shortly after and Kristján moved the family to Selkirk.