Kristveig Björnsdóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 28, 1898.
Spouse: October 15, 1915 Guðmundur Pálsson b. at Seyðisfjörður on July 4, 1887, d. in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) on October 21, 1959.
Children: 1. Hólmfríður b. October 7, 1916 2. Valgerður b. September 22, 1918 3. Arnold b. December 23, 1920 4. Gladys b. November 9, 1922 5. Gunnar b. March 5, 1926 6. Ramona b. July 7, 1931.
Kristveig’s parents were Björn Jónsson Axfjörð and Valgerður Þorláksdóttir who came west in 1903. Guðmundur came west in 1888 with his parents, Páll Guðmundsson and Dorothea Guðmundsdóttir. They settled in Winnipeg. In 1910, Guðmundur moved west to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and took land in the Hólar settlement. There he farmed and also worked as a smith until 1948. That year he gave up farming, moved to Elfros and continued to work as a smith. There he was active in community affairs, cleaning and maintaining the local church and meeting house.