Kristólína Sveinsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ lll
Kristólína Sveinsdóttir was born in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan on December 18, 1893.
Spouse: 1) May 28, 1921 Jón Finnur Finnsson b. in Dalasýsla on July 10, 1885, drowned in Saskatchewan on May 8, 1929. 2) May 21, 1937 Ólafur Waldimar Jónsson b. in Mikley on December 18, 1893.
Children: 1. Sveinn Albert Jón b. in Saskatoon on July 8, 1923 2. Jón Finnur b. in Wynyard on December 9, 1929.
Kristólína was the daughter of Sveinn Halldórsson and Guðfinna Kristín Eiríksdóttir, who came west in 1887. Jón came west in 1912 and settled in Mozart, Saskatchewan. Ólafur was the son of Jón Jónsson, pioneer settler in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð), and Þorbjörg Guðmundsdóttir of Hnappadalssýsla, who came west to Manitoba in 1885.