Gísli Pétursson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on June 19, 1895. He took the last name Norman in the west.
Spouse: May 11, 1928 Lilja Septíma Sigurðardóttir b. in Winnipeg on January 18, 1909.
Children: 1. Inga Lenore b. in Winnipeg in 1929 2. Pétur Sigurjón b. in Winnipeg on August 3, 1930 3. Kristinn b. in Winnipeg Beach in 1934, d. 1967 4. John b. in Saskatchewan on August 25, 1935 5. Carl b. in Saskatchewan on June 2, 1937 6. Laura Ingibjörg b. March 23, 1940.
Gísli was the son of Pétur Jónsson Norman and Ingunn Pálmadóttir, who came west in 1900. They first settled in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan but later moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba. Gísli served in the First World War and was later a fisherman and farmer in Saskatchewan. Lilja was the daughter of Sigurður Einarsson and Jónína Margrét Jónsdóttir who lived in Manitoba.