ID: 19087
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1932
Helga Gísladóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on January 18, 1842. She died in Winnipeg on December 16, 1932.
Spouse: 1) Benedikt Andrésson drowned in 1870 2) 1880 Jón Björnsson b. November 20, 1832 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. August 27, 1918.
Children: With Benedikt: 1. Kristján b. August 14, 1867, d. January 24, 1934 in Manitoba. Jón also had children with his first wife.
Helga and Kristján, and her son, came west to Winnipeg in 1879 and lived there the first winter. They moved to New Iceland a year later and lived there a year. Life’s road led them to Winnipeg and later to the Argyle Settlement.