ID: 10148
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : N.Þingeyjarsýsla
Gunnar Pálsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1830. He died in Manitoba in 1903.
Spouse: Jóhanna Ingjaldsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1830, d. in Winnipeg in 1907.
Children: 1. Pálína Margrét b. 1853, d. in Saskatchewan in 1942 2. Jóhann b. 1862, d. in Manitoba in 1912 3. Ágúst b. June 29, 1865, d. October 14, 1944 3. Snæbjörn Gunnarsson b. 1872. Two children died young in Iceland.
They emigrated west to New Iceland in 1879 and settled in the Víðirnes Settlement. They moved to Winnipeg about 1880. Their son, Jóhann, emigrated west in 1876 at 14 years of age.