ID: 2373
Date of birth : 1858
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1947
Kristján Jónsson and Guðrún Davíðsdóttir. Photo: Almanak 1924
Kristján Jónsson was born on July 14, 1858 in Mýrasýsla. He died in Duluth, Minnesota on February 12, 1947. He took the name Chris Johnson in the west.
Spouse: Guðrún Davíðsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on November 4, 1857, d. May 22, 1940.
Children: 1. Pétur b. in Duluth, November 27, 1889, d. young 2. Albert b. 1893, d. February 25, 1910 3. Svava b. May 2, 1894 4. Susan d. at 21 years.
They came west to Winnipeg in 1886 and were married there. They moved south to N. Dakota and were there until the spring of 1888 when they moved east to Duluth, Minnesota, and settled there. Kristján got work at the Forest Hill Cemetery and it was his workplace for many years.