ID: 4781
Date of birth : 1880
Place of birth : Barðastrandarsýsla
Jón Sigurður Einarsson Photo: VÍÆ 1
Ingveldur Benjamínsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ 1
Jón Sigurður Einarsson was born in December 15, 1880 in Barðastrandarsýsla. He took the last name Gillies in Manitoba.
Spouse: October 24, 1906 Ingveldur Guðný Benjamínsdóttir b. April 24, 1881 in Dalasýsla.
Children: 1. Jón Benjamín b. August 3, 1907, d. October 3, 1917 2. Eyþór Franklín b. July 23, 1909 3. Jón Norman b. September 12, 1915 4. Gladys Steinunn b. July 22, 1919 5. Emil Ágúst b. August 28, 1921.
Jón came west to Winnipeg with his father, Einar Gíslasson, in 1887. His mother arrived a year later. Ingveldur came west with her parents in 1883. Jón ran a grocery in Winnipeg.