ID: 4571
Date of birth : 1851
Place of birth : Ísafjarðarsýsla
Jón Gíslason from Brekka in Dýrafjörður was born in 1851 in Ísafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: Friðrikka Oddsdóttir from Lokinhömrum in Arnarfjörður. b. 1859.
Children: Born in Iceland: Margrét b. 1885 and Ólafur b. 1886, drowned October 14, 1913. Born in the west: Gísli, Jón, Guðrún and Þorlaug.
They came west in 1887 and settled in Mikley. They moved shortly before the turn of the century to Winnipegosis. After a number of years, the family moved to The Pas and later moved further north.