ID: 6559
Single parent
Date of birth : 1851
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Gísli Gíslason was born in 1851 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: 1) Helga Gunnarsdóttir died in Iceland 2) Guðrún Sigurðardóttir b. in 1849 in Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: With Helga: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1879 2. Fjóla Guðrún b. December 6, 1882. With Guðrún: 1. Gíslína Helga b. 1889 in New Iceland.
Gísli emigrated as a widower to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his two daughter in 1887. His second wife Guðrún was on the same ship. Gísli and Guðrún began farming west of Gimli in New Iceland. They moved to Selkirk and Gísli transported mail to and from Gimli.