ID: 8553
Born west
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1957
Kristín Stefanía Gísladóttir was born on December 2, 1888 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died on January 6, 1957.
Spouse: May 20, 1915 Jóhann Gestsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on September 23, 1886. He took the name Jóhann G. Jóhannsson in the west.
Children: 1. Vera May b. March 30, 1916 3. Florence Edith b. December 2, 1917 3. Leonard Oscar b. October 18, 1919.
Jóhann grew up in Selkirk, but graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1911. He was a longtime teacher in Manitoba. He was active in Icelandic society, sat on the editorial boards, and on the board of the First Lutheran Church of Iceland in Winnipeg. Kristín came west with her mother, Guðríður Jónsdóttir, in 1904.