ID: 19879
Date of birth : 1842
Date of death : 1932
Helga Gísladóttir was born in Þingeyjarsýsla on January 18, 1842. She died in Winnipeg on December 16, 1932.
Spouse: 1) Benedikt Andrésson d. April 12, 1870 2) Jón Björnsson b. November 20, 1832, d. in Baldur, Manitoba on August 27, 1918.
Children: 1. Kristján b. August 14, 1867, d. January 24, 1934.
Helga came to the West in 1879 with Kristján. They were first in Winnipeg, then moved to New Iceland and then to Argyle in 1886. Helga lived in Baldur with her second husband. They moved to Winnipeg in 1930 and lived with Kristján, her son, til death.