ID: 3952
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1938
Kristján Guðnason and Jóna Helga Jónsdóttir Photo: WtW
Kristján Guðnason was born on February 16, 1875 in Dalasýsla. He died in Lundar on May 19, 1938. He took the last name Backman in the west.
Spouse: March 30, 1898 Jóna Helga Jónsdóttir b. July 13, 1875, d. September 8, 1927.
Children: 1. Daníel Baldvin b. December 26, 1899 2. Halldóra b. September 17, 1902 3. Guðný (Gwen) b. March 2, 1904 4. Kristján Vilhjálmur b. January 27, 1906 5. Jónína (Eann) b. March 20, 1910.
Kristján came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and lived in the city the first year. Helga came west with her parents, Jón Jónsson Hördal and Halldóra Sigríður Baldvinsdóttir, in 1883.