Þorsteinn Gíslason Photo: VÍÆ IV
Þorsteinn Gíslason was born in Öræfi in E. Skaftafellssýsla on May 1, 1885.
Spouse: September 3, 1914 Pálína Guðbjörg Halldórsdóttir b. March 29, 1893 in Gimli in New Iceland.
Children: 1. Guðný b. July 17, 1916, d. in Winnipeg on 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.
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. Pálína was the daughter of Halldór Brynjólfsson and Hólmfríður Eggertsdóttir at Birkivellir in Gimli.