Jón Gíslason was born on November 20, 1883 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in 1938 in Foam Lake in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Breiðdal in the west.
Spouse: February 26, 1910 Kristín Sigurðardóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on July 17, 1889.
Children: 1. Josephine b. June 6, 1912 2. Stefán Albert b. December 7, 1913 3. Ella May b. September 18, 1915 4. Edwin Freeman b. February 11, 1917 5. Franklin b. March 9, 1918 6. Victor b. July 7, 1924.
Jón came west to N. Dakota in 1887 with his parents, Gísli Jónsson and Kristín Björnsdóttir. They settled in the Akra Settlement. Jón moved with his father to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) and took land near Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. He lived there the rest of his life. Kristín came west in 1890 with her parents, Sigurður Stefánsson and Jósefína Guðmundsdóttir. They settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota, moved north to Winnipegosis, Manitoba, and lastly moved to Vatnabyggð in 1905. They also took land near Foam Lake.