Gísli Árnason Photo A Century Unfolds
Dýrunn Steinsdóttir Photo A Century Unfolds
Gísli Árnason born 25 December 1851 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Died 12 April 1917.
Spouse: 1877 Dýrunn Steinsdóttir b. 1856 died 1953
Children: 1. Guðrún b. February 14, 1877, died August 7, 1943 2. Árni (Anderson) b. 1879, died 1894 3. Steinunn b. April 3, 1882, died July 31, 1946 4. Björn (Anderson) b. November 3, 1884, died April 29, 1965 5. Magnús (Gislason) b. May 8, 1887, died November 25, 1961 6. Halldóra b. December 20, 1890, died February 18, 1970 7. Árni Helgi b. September 27, 1897.
The family moved west in 1883 and first settled in Gimli. From there, they moved to Mikley and lived there for 14 years without homesteading land. Gísli moved to the Isafold Settlement and took land there, but left due to flooding in 1901. They took land in Framnes and Ardals Settlement and named the farm Vidirhol. Steinunn remained in Iceland until 1900.