ID: 13535
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1916
Halldór Gíslason was born on January 14, 1874 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in Roseau County, Minnesota on June 9, 1916.
Spouse: Ella Caroline Ellenson b. July 14, 1872 in Rice County, Minnesota, d. March 29, 1951 in Roseau County.
Children: 1. Cora b. August 16, 1896 2. Violet b. 1904 3. Albert Rudolph b. April 29, 1906 4. Gladys b. 1909, d. 1926 5. Lawrence b. April 6, 1912.
Halldór came west in 1883 with his parents, Gísli Jónsson and Jarðþrúður Halldórsdóttir, who took land in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. Ella was of Norwegian descent. They moved to Minnesota and in 1900 Halldór was the head of the household in Pohlitz Township, Roseau County, Minnesota. His parents lived with them and so did his brother Gunnar. Halldór had a dairy farm.