ID: 3888
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Guðmundur Gíslason was born on September 30, 1862 in Dalasýslu. He was the son of Saura Gísla. He took the last name Laxdal in the west.
Spouse: Halldóra Kristjánsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla in 1855.
Children: 1. Sara 2. Þorbjörg 3. Kristrún 4. Jón 5. Hringur.
Guðmundur came west alone in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he lived for some time. Halldóra had arrived there when she came west in 1887. They moved west to the Pacific in 1892 and were first in the Icelandic settlement in Bellingham, Washington. He took part in an exploration expedition to Point Roberts in 1893, and it seemed so good that he took land there, but then did not move there due to Halldóra’s ill health.