Elísabet Þuríður Gísladóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Elísabet Þuríður Gísladóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on April 3, 1869. She died in Winnipeg on May 2, 1959. She took the last name Polson with marriage.
Spouse: June 3, 1888 Ágúst Gunnarsson b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on June 29, 1865, d. October 14, 1944 in Winnipeg. He took the name Ágúst G Polson in the west.
Children: 1. Jóhanna b. October 7, 1888, d. March 5, 1959 2. Elísabet b. August 22, 1873 4. Archibald Jón b. November 25, 1895, d. in England on September 1, 1917 5. Margrét b. July 9, 1900 6. Sigríður Ágústa Björg b. December 13, 1902 7. Robert Wyatt b. October 13, 1903 8. Lena b. November 8, 1906 9. Fjóla Alexandra b. May 13, 1908 10. Jóhann Konráð b. January 11, 1910 11. Florence Archibel b. October 22, 1924, foster daughter.
Elísabet was the daughter of Gísli Konráð Eiríksson and Elísabet Þuríður Jónsdóttir. She came west in 1876, with her widowed mother Elísabet (d. Winnipeg on April 5, 1889) and four of her children. Elísabet lived with her mother in New Iceland and in Winnipeg 1879. Elísabet was there until the turn of the century when she moved to Gimli and lived there for 19 years. She moved them back to Winnipeg. She was always very involved in the social affairs of her country.