Gísli Jónsson Bíldfell and Valgerður Eiríksdóttir Almanak 1917
Gísli Jónsson was born on July 17, 1865 at Bíldsfell in Árnessýsla. He died on May 17, 1952 in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Bíldfell in the west.
Spouse: Valgerður Eiríksdóttir b. November 5, 1868, d. May 16, 1945.
Children: 1. Jón b. December 18, 1891 in the Þingvalla Settlement 2. Kristbjörg 3. Ágústína 4. Ólafur 5. Elín 6. Guðrún 7. Karólína 8. Gíslína 9. Ástríður
Gísli came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his father and siblings in 1887. They moved from there to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. Valgerður emigrated there with her parents in the same year.
Gísli and Valgerður were two of the first settlers in the Foam Lake Settlement in Saskatchewan and lived there the rest of their lives.