Kristján Sigurðsson

ID: 9001
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1925

Kristján Sigurðsson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1851. He died in Alberta in 1925.

Spouse: Jóhanna Bjarnadóttir b. 1852

Children: 1. Sigrún b. 1881 2. Áslaug b. 1882, d. same year 3. Sigurbjörg b. 1886 4. Sigurður b. November 7, 1888 5. Jóhannes b. August 24, 1890 6. Björn Alfons b. December 5, 1891 7. Páll Franklín b. February 26, 1893 8. Kristján b, February 8, 1894. Two daughters, Kristín Guðbjörg and Guðný, died in 1888.

They came west in 1882 and took land in Argyle a year later. They lived there until 1901 when they moved to the Icelandic settlement in Alberta.