ID: 19234
Born west
Date of birth : 1876
Place of birth : Wisconsin
Jón Gíslason was born in Shawano County in Wisconsin on February 7, 1876. He had the name John Dalman in Manitoba.
Spouse: Sigríður b. in Iceland on May 7, 1879. She took the name Sarah Dalman in the west.
Children: 1. Leonard b. 1901 2. Isabel b. 1904 3. Ferdinand b. 1905 4. Ninna b. 1908 5. Aurora b. 1911 6. Herman b. 1914.
Jón was the son of Gísli Jónsson and Karólína Jónsdóttir who came west in 1873 and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They moved to Rev. Páll Þorláksson’s settlement in Shawano County in Wisconsin and later to N. Dakota. They moved from there to Winnipeg where Jón lived after that. In the census records of 1901 and 1905, they lived in the city and Jón worked as a carpenter.