ID: 19144
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla
Date of death : 1964
Kristján Einarsson Photo: MoO
Gróa Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir Photo: MoO
Kristján Einarsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla on July 13, 1873. He died on December 8, 1964 in Ósland.
Spouse: Gróa Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir b. April 17, 1875 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. December 30, 1973.
Children: 1. Ásta Katrín 2. Elín Jóhanna b. July 17, 1917.
Kristján emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1910 and worked there as a carpenter. He moved from there to Masset in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia and married the widow Gróa Sigríður. They moved to Ósland, where Kristján fished salmon in the summer and did carpentry in the winter.
Kristján’s house in Ósland Photo: MoO