Ólafur Kristinsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on August 19, 1870. He died in the Garðar Settlement on December 7, 1943. He took the last name Olafson in the west.
Spouse: 1893 Sigurbjörg Tómasdóttir b. December 28, 1873, d. November 7, 1937 in N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Katrín b. September 24, 1894 2. Pétur b. January 25, 1897 3. Guðrún Anna b. September 22, 1900 4. Kristinn b. April 2, 1902 5. Aðalbjörg b. June 21, 1905.
Ólafur emigrated west to Canada in 1873 with his parents, Kristinn Ólafsson and Katrín Ólafsdóttir. They moved south to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then west to Minnesota in 1876. They then moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1880. Sigurbjörg was the daughter of Tómas Jóhannsson and Guðrún Árnadóttir who came west to N. Dakota in 1888.