ID: 16665
Born west
Date of birth : 1894
Kristjón Kr. Finnsson Photo: VíÆ I
Kristjón Finnsson was born in Riverton in New Iceland on May 22, 1894. He took his father’s last name and is registered as Kristjón Kr. Finnsson in the west.
Spouse: May 17, 1924 Oddný Jónína Steingrímsdóttir b. August 17, 1892.
Children: 1. Lovísa Frances b. November 3, 1925 2. Arnþór Kristjón b. May 25, 1927.
Kristjón was the son of Kristjón Finnsson and Þórunn Björg Eiríksdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland. Oddný’s parents were Steingrímur Sigurðsson and Elísabet Jónsdóttir of Húnavatnssýsla, settlers in 1900 in the Víðir settlement. As a young man, Kristjón began farming with his father, served in the Canadian army in World War I, and returned to farming in the Víðir settlement.