Foreldrar hennar; Jóhannes Gíslason Gillies 18.3.1857. Var í Ásum, Svínavatnssókn, Hún. 1860. Var á Eyvindarstöðum, Blöndudalshólasókn, Hún. 1870. Fluttist til Vesturheims 1876 frá Eyvindarstöðum, Bólstaðahlíðarhreppi, Hún. og kona hans; Ólína Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir 17.9.1867 - 1910 [Olina Gillies]. Fór til Vesturheims 1878 frá Felli, Broddaneshreppi, Strand. 4, Provencher, Manitoba, Canada, í Census 1906.

Systkini hennar;
1) Elísabet Helga Gillies 15.1.1885 – 2.8.1885. Winnipeg
2) Capitola Clara Gillies 1.9.1886 – 16.9.1886. Winnipeg.
3) Archibald Armstrong Gillies 15.7.1888 – 29.12.1973. Winnipeg. Kona hans 15.11.1913; Martha A Wolby 15.6.1889 Minneapolis – 28.6.1974. Winnipeg
4) Victor Herbert Gillies 2.8.1890 South Cypre Manitoba – 28.1.1974. Winnipeg. Kona hans; Bjarndís Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir 25.1.1894 Gimli – 11.12.1972. Winnipeg. Foreldrar hennar Gestur Sigurðsson (1859-1940) frá Haga á Mýrum og kona hans 17.6.1883; Valgerður Jónsdóttir (1857-1942) frá Lækjarkoti á Mýrum Mýrarsýslu.
5) Wilfred Franklin Gillies 23.8.1892 Suður Cypres – 5.9.1944 St Boniface Winnipeg
6) Gestur Leonard Gillies 17.8.1900 Suður Cypres – 12.7.1975 Winnipeg. Kona hans 22.6.1931; Jessie Susan Diggins 7.4.1906 Kilbarchan Skotlandi – 13.6.1984 Winnipeg
7) Clara Elizabeth Gillies 4.1.1906 Stuartburn Manitoba – 4.2.1980 Vancouver BC. Maður hennar 25.11.1926; Frank Whitfield maí 1899 Englandi – 20.7.1965. Vancouver BC
8) Mabel Christiana Gillies 26.12.1908 Stuartburn Manitoba – 2007 Vancouver BC. Maður hennar 4.4.1938; George William Humphrey 27.4.1906 Fulham London – 9.10.1980 Burnaby BC
9) Meride Gillies 1909