ID: 17480
Born west
Date of birth : 1889
Björn Ágúst Gíslason was born in N. Dakota on August 4, 1889.
Spouse: September 28, 1915 Anna Sigurðardóttir b. December 31, 1892 in N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Sigurður b. April 11, 1916 2. Kristín Margrét b. October 6, 1917 3. Guðrún b. March 13, 1919 4. Josephine b. August 1, 1921 5. Rose b. January 19, 1927 6. Elín Helga b. March 9, 1934.
Björn was the son of Gísli Jónsson and Kristín Björnsdóttir, who settled in N. Dakota. Anna’s parents were Sigurður Stefánsson and Jósefína Guðmundsdóttir, early settlers in Garðar in N. Dakota in 1890. Björn moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1910 and farmed near Foam Lake until 1949. Then he moved into the town and became a town employee.