Steinunn Gísladóttir was born on November 10, 1854 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on January 1, 1958 in New Iceland.
Spouse: September 21, 1879 Bjarni Júlíanusson, b. in Dalasýsla on June 15, 1856, d. in an accident in the Fljóts Settlement in 1894.
Children: 1. Júlíana Ósk b. July 7, 1876 2. Karitas b. August 30, 1877 3. Svanborg b. December 4, 1879, d. January 8, 1880 4. Svanborg b. January 18, 1881, d. young 5. Rósa b. October 30, 1882, d. January 9, 1883 6. Gíslunn Sigurrós b. 1884 7. Steinunn Aðalheiður b. August 14, 1886 8. Guðni b. April 25, 1889 9. Jóhann Guðfinnur b. April 13, 1893.
Bjarni and Steinunn emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and went to the Fljóts Settlement where her parents had settled a year earlier. They were Gísli Guðmundsson and Steinunn Hjálmarsdóttir. Bjarni’s parents, Júlíanus Bjarnason and Ósk Guðmundsdóttir, traveled west with Bjarni and Steinunn.