ID: 19237
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1923
Marteinn Jónsson was born on July 4, 1863 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on April 9, 1923 in Minneapolis. He took the last name Gíslason or Gillis in the west.
Spouse: October 22, 1892: Ingibjörg b. in Iceland on December 17, 1868 d. February 28, 1941. She took the first name Emma.
Children: 1. John b. October 5, 1894 2. Lawrence Gunnlaugur b. 1899 3. Fanny b. 1909.
Resources in Minnesota say Martein came to the United States in 1891, lived in Minneapolis in 1895, but then moved west to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota 1900. He lived there just a short time, because in 1905, he was back in Minneapolis. Ingibjörg, or Emma, came to the United States in 1880, but it is unclear if she came directly from Iceland or from Canada.