ID: 17667
Born west
Date of birth : 1891
Date of death : 1925
Ólöf S. Gísladóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Ólöf Sveinfríður Gísladóttir was born in New Iceland on July 12, 1861. She died in Brandon, Manitoba on December 31, 1925.
Spouse: September 18, 1913 Carl J. Olson b. in Minnesota on November 24, 1884, d. September 10, 1951.
Children: 1. Katherine Margaret b. in Gimli on December 17, 1914 2. Ingibjörg Lillian b. March 19, 1917 3. Carl Jonas b. January 10, 1919 4. Gísli Robert b. June 9, 1922.
Ólöf grew up in the home of her parents, Gísli Sveinsson and Margrét Brynjólfsdóttir, who settled in Lón, near Gimli. She moved with her husband, Rev. Carl. J. Olson, to various settlements in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the United States.