Pálína Guðbjörg Halldórsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV
Pálína Guðbjörg Halldórsdóttir was born on March 29, 1893 in Gimli in New Iceland.
Spouse: September 3, 1914 Þorsteinn Gíslason b. in Öræfi in E. Skaftafellssýsla on May 1, 1885.
Children: 1. Guðný b. July 17, 1916, d. in Winnipeg August 12, 1940 2. Halldóra b. March 13, 1918 3. Gísli b. May 10, 1919, drowned in Lake Manitoba in 1969 4. Halldór b. May 10, 1919, twin, died young 5. Garðar Hólm b. March 13, 1921 6. Kristinn b. May 11, 1926.
Pálína was the daughter of Halldór Brynjólfsson and Hólmfríður Eggertsdóttir at Birkivellir in Gimli. Þorsteinn came west in 1905 and settled in Gimli, Manitoba. His path led him north to Steep Rock, Manitoba in 1910 where he lived until 1941. He moved that year to Oak Point and lived there twenty years, moving in 1966 to the Betel care home in Gimli.