Standing in back: Ragnar, Jón, Árni and Kjartan. In front of them are Kristjana, Jórunn (maid in Lundar) and Haraldur. Seated: Tómas, Björn, Jónína, Margrét and Kristófer. Photo taken in Lundar in 1918. Albert was in the Canadian Army and missing from the photo.
Kristjana Jónsdóttir was born on July 18, 1856 in Dalasýsla. She took the last name Eyolfson in the west.
Spouse: Þorsteinn Eyjólfsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1855, d. in Lundar in 1914.
Children: 1. Ragnar Eyjólfur b. 1891, d. 1965 2. Jón Friðrik (John Frederick) b. February 13, 1893, d. March 11, 1952 3. Tómas (Thomas) b. 1895, d. 1921 4. Albert b. 1896, d. 1953 5. Kjartan b. 1898, d. 1963 6. Árni b. 1900, d. 1982 7. Björn (Barney) b. 1902, d. 1974 8. Kristófer (Christopher) b. 1904, d. 1929 9. Margrét fb. 1906 10. Haraldur (Haroldur) b. 1909, d. 1955 11. Jónína (Joan) b. 1913, d. 1983.
Kristjana came west to N. Dakota after 1890. There in the Akra Settlement they started farming and lived until Þorsteinn’s death. Kristjana moved with some of the children to Lundar and stayed there until 1919. Then she took a train with the youngest children west to the Pacific Ocean and settled in the Osland Settlement where her eldest sons had settled.