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Family of Kristján BJARNASON and Maria Thorlasina Agusta OLAFSON

  • Husband:

  • Kristján BJARNASON (1887-1958)

  • Wife:

  • Maria Thorlasina Agusta OLAFSON (1895-2000)

  • Marriage:

  • Jul 14, 1914

  • Saskatchewan, Canada

  • residence family:

  •  

  • Saskatchewan

  • Residence (family):

  • 1916

  • Humboldt District, Saskatchewan, Canada

Husband: Kristján BJARNASON

  • Name:

  • Kristján BJARNASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Bjarni ÁRNASON (1859-1942)

  • Mother:

  • Ástríður SIGURÐARDÓTTIR (1861-1940)

  • Birth:

  • May 30, 1887

  • Klyppstaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 2-3)

  • Dalland, Húsavíkursókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • with parents

  • Emigration:

  • 1900 (age 12-13)

  • from Iceland to Canada1

  •  

  • with his parents

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 23-24)

  • Humboldt District, Saskatchewan, Canada

  •  

  • Address: 32-12-W2

    with parents

  • Death:

  • Jan 19, 1958 (age 70)

  • Canada1

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Foam Lake Cemetery , Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Wife: Maria Thorlasina Agusta OLAFSON

  • Name:

  • Maria Thorlasina Agusta OLAFSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Aug 7, 1895

  • Hallson, Pembina County, North Dakota, USA

  • Emigration:

  • 1903 (age 7-8)

  • from USA to Canada

  • Death:

  • May 15, 2000 (age 104)

  • Saskatchewan, Canada

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Foam Lake Cemetery, Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Note on Husband: Kristján BJARNASON

Migrated with parents Bjarni and Astridur Arnason with sisters Abba and Solveig from Iceland, and later from North Dakota.They were among the first settlers in the Kristnes district.

 

Married Maria (Mary) Olafson in 1914. Their 9 children are:

Kristjan Elmer who died at an early age;

Another little boy died at birth

Olafur Bjarni-died in Italy serving his country in WW2

Elma -married Gordon Grant

Alice -married Arthur Ross

Kristjan -married Dorothy Bray

Paul -married Marjorie Skene

Walter -married Ann Graham

Harold -married Bernice Klein

 

Source: "They Came From Many Lands" -Foam Lake history book

Note on Wife: Maria Thorlasina Agusta OLAFSON

daughter of Gudrun and Kristjan Olafson

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

2.

Icelandic Census 1890. Dalland, Húsavíkursókn, Norður-Múlasýsla.