ID: 3964
Date of birth : 1871
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1956
Jón Gíslason and Jónína Sigríður Photo: Dalamenn
Jón’s house in the Þingvalla settlement around 1911. Photo: TSI.
Jón Gíslason was born on August 1, 1871 in Dalasýsla. He died in Vancouver on May 4, 1956.
Spouse: 1896 Jónína Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 6, 1872, d. September 19, 1939.
Children: 1. Gísli 2. Marinó Aðalsteinn 3. Sigurlín Ingveldur.
Jón came west in 1891 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He lived there until 1903 then they moved to the Þingvalla settlement in Saskatchewan. They later moved to the Pacific coast. Jónína came west with her parents, Kristján Sigurðsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir, in 1875.