Gísli Árnason was born in S. Múlasýsla on August 31, 1855. He died in Saskatoon in 1924. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: 1) December 1, 1878, with Reverend Jón Bjarnason presiding, Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1856 in S. Múlasýsla, d. ca. 1882 in N. Dakota 2) October 25, 1886 Jónína Jónsdóttir b. 1860, daughter of Jón Bjarnason and Sigurbjörg Oddsdóttir.
Children: With Jónína: 1. Guðrún Þóranna (Annie) b. July 31, 1887 in Winnipeg, d. 1963 2. Árni (Arthur) b. June 4, 1889 in Winnipeg, d. 1939 3. Thorne b. 1892 in Prince Albert, Sask. d. 1932 4. Barney b. 1894 in Selkirk, d. 1928 5. Florence b. December 12, 1895 in Selkirk 6. Katrín (Katie) Ólafía b. 1897 in Selkirk.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1878 and settled in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland. They were there a short time before moving south to N. Dakota. In 1882, Gísli’s mother, Þórunn Björnsdóttir came there with his siblings, Katrín, Sigurður and Þórður. After Guðrún died, Gísli moved to Winnipeg, remarried and got a job at a railway in Saskatchewan. They were there for some years, and settled on land in the Þingvalla Settlement in 1891, not far from Churchbridge, but did not live there long. They moved to Selkirk where Gísli’s mother and brother Sigurður lived. In 1907, they moved back to Saskatchewan and took land in 1910 on the Turtle River not far from the village of Mervin, a far distance northwest of Saskatoon. They lived there for ten years before moving again within the province, now to Cleeves, further north. The couple last moved to Saskatoon around 1923.