ID: 5142
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1908
Gísli Magnús Tómasson was born on October 12, 1863 in Strandasýsla. He died in New Iceland on September 3, 1908. He took the last name Thompson in the west.
Spouse: Móníka Friðbjörnsdóttir b. 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. November 29, 1943 in Winnipeg.
Children: 1. Pétur 2. Sesselja 3. Solveig d. 1951 4. Margrét 5. Rósa.
Gísli came west to Winnipeg in 1884 with his parents, Tómas Jón Jónsson and Þóra Gísladóttir. They settled in New Iceland where Gísli worked as a newspaper and magazine editor.