María Þorláksína Ágústa Kristjánsdóttir was born in Osnabrock, N. Dakota on August 7, 1895.
Spouse: July 14, 1914 Kristján Bjarnason b. in N. Múlasýsla on May 29, 1887, d. January 19, 1958 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.
Children: 1. Ólafur Bjarni b. April 10, 1918, d. December 15, 1945 in Italy 2. Kristrún Elma b. September 25, 1921 3. Arnbjörg Ástríður b. January 10, 1923 4. Kristján Marvin b. April 20, 1925 5. Páll Edwin b. November 26, 1927 6. Walther Gísli b. October 24, 1930 7. Haraldur Emil b. October 3, 1934. Two additional children died young.
Kristján came to the West in 1900 with his parents, Bjarni Árnason and Ástríður Sigurðardóttir, early settlers near Kristnes in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð). María moved there in 1905 from N. Dakota with her parents, Kristján Ólafsson and Guðrún Þorláksdóttir. Kristján and María lived in Leslie in Vatnabyggð 1914-1929, in Winnipegosis, Manitoba 1929-1940, and in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan after that.