Ólína Ingveldur Kristjánsdóttir was born on May 31, 1880 in Mýrasýsla.
Spouse: September 2, 1911 Gísli Jakob Benediktsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 15, 1887.
Children: 1. Bennetta Thelma b. October 8, 1912, d. 1932 2. Kristín Guðrún b. December 4, 1914 3. Aðalheiður Pearl b. January 27, 1916 4. Haraldur Ásgeir Jóhannes b. October 29, 1926.
Ólína came west in 1900 with her widowed mother, Kristbjörg Jóhannesdóttir. They traveled to Manitoba and settled in Gimli. Gísli came to the West in 1888 with his parents, Benedikt Bjarnason and Guðrún Gísladóttir. The family settled in Gimli, Manitoba. There Gísli married Ólína and they lived in Gimli. Gísli was a fisherman and a carpenter. He was interested in town affairs and sat on the town council for four years. Ólína was also interested in the issues of the people of Gimli, she was always in the women’s club of the Sambandssafnaðarins of Gimli, its president for a while.