ID: 13334
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1929
Children standing: Jón, Elín and Guðlaug. Sigþrúður sitting, then Gisli and Vilborg. Photo PaB
Gísli Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on June 27, 1842. He died in New Iceland on June 30, 1929.
Spouse: 1875 Vilborg Ásmundsdóttir b. November 30, 1855 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Elín María b. September 13, 1877 2. Sigþrúður b. April 21, 1880 3. Jón b. February 24, 1881 4. Guðlaug Björg b. December 26, 1883 5. Gísli Ásmundur b. 1886, d. in New Iceland 1887 6. Sigurbjörn b. June 20, 1890. One child was born in 1888 and died within a month.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 together with Vilborg’s parents, Ásmund Ásmundsson and Elín Benediktsdóttir, and her brother, Guðmundur. They settled in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland.