ID: 19278
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1942
Böðvar Gíslason was born in Dalasýsla on October 20, 1853. He died in Winnipeg on June 24, 1942. He took the last name Laxdal in the west.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir b. May 8, 1858, d. December 13, 1928
Children: 1. Jóhannes 2. Einar. They may have had more children.
Böðvar came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived there until 1894. They took land in the Big Point Settlement and lived there three years before moving back to Winnipeg in 1897.