ID: 7347
Date of birth : 1833
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1893
Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Jón Gíslason was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 1, 1833. He died in N. Dakota on February 22, 1893.
Spouse: 1) 1861 Ingibjörg Þorsteinsdóttir, d. 1865 2) 1869 Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1842 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. July 14, 1915.
Children: 1. Anna b. August 29, 1870 2. Þorsteinn b. May 12, 1875 3. Gísli Guðmundur b. January 21, 1877, d. January 3, 1934 in N. Dakota 4. Oddný b. September 17, 1879, d. June 2, 1949 5. Jón Magnús b. May 19, 1885 in Hallson.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and moved south to the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota.