ID: 19236
Born west
Date of birth : 1883
Place of birth : Garðarbyggð
Magnús Valdemar Gíslason was born in the Garðar Settlement on October 25, 1883. He died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 3, 1952. He had the name Magnus Valdimar (Walter) Dalman in the west.
Spouse: Dagbjört Lilja Gunnlaugsdóttir b. February 17, 1896 in Winnipeg, d. December 14, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Childless.
Magnús was the son of Gísli Jónsson and Karólína Jónsdóttir who came to the United States in 1873. They first lived in Wisconsin, but then moved in 1880 to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota where Magnús was born. He moved with them to Winnipeg where he lived a long time. Dagbjört was born in, and grew up in, Winnipeg, the daughter of Gunnlaugur Sölvason of Skagafjörður.