ID: 18947
Date of birth : 1847
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1907
Gísli Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla November 14, 1847. Died April 17, 1907.
Spouse: 1881 Sigríður Pétursdóttir b. 1841, d. January 6, 2016.
Children: 1. Gíslína (Ina) Guðfinna b. July 5, 1882. 2. Elín Margrét f. December 15, 1883, d. 1913.
3. Sigríður Una b. February 24, 1887. Died in infancy. Sigríður had three children prior to meeting Gísli: 1. Sigurður b. 1865
2. Guðrún Málfríður b. 1870 3. Sigbjörn (Barney Finnson), d. 1959.
Gísli emigrated in 1876 and lived with Þorkell Bessason near Gimli the first winter.
Moved with them to Hnausa Settlement. Sigríður emigrated west on the same ship as
Gísli, she was a widow. They lived in Winnipeg.