ID: 15250
Date of birth : 1874
Date of death : 1942
Kristján Sigurðsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Kristján Sigurðsson was born on January 31, 1874 in Árnessýsla. He died in Winnipeg on December 15, 1942.
Spouse: 1907 Þorbjörg Þorláksdóttir b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla on October 26, 1878.
Children: 1. Solveig Steinunn b. September 10, 1908 2. Agnes b. June 28, 1910 3. Valgerður b. November 13, 1911 4. Jón Kristján b. November 13, 1913 5. Þorsteinn Almar b. June 14, 1916 6. Engilbert b. August 24, 1921.
Kristján pursued an educational path, graduating from the Reykjavík School of the Arts (Læknaskóla) in 1893, a degree in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen in 1894, and later a degree in medicine from the Reykjavík Medical School. He moved to the West in 1904 and settled in Winnipeg.