ID: 14994
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1919
Gísli Eiríksson Mynd SÍND
Gísli Eiríksson was born in Breiðdalur in S. Múlasýsla in 1850. Died in Alberta February 19, 1919.
Spouse: 1872 Anna Einarsdóttir b. August 6, 1849 in N. Múlasýsla, d. May 23, 1923.
Children: 1. Einar b. 1873 2. Margrét b. June 28, 1875 3. Ólafur b. 1877 4. Hóseas 5. Eríkur Guðjón b. March 26, 1886 7. Jarðþrúður 8. Guðrún Sigurbjörg.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1878 and went to Icelandic River Settlement in New Iceland. In 1881 they moved south to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. Here they farmed until 1891 when they went west to Alberta and settled in the Markerville Settlement.