Sigurður Bjarnason and Margrét Guðmundína Sigurdson. Photo: VÍÆ VI
Sigurður Bjarnason was born in Seyðisfjörður in S. Múlasýsla on July 9, 1888. He died in Vancouver on September 7, 1964. He took the last name Torfason in the west.
Spouse: Margrét Guðmundína Sigurmundardóttir b. April 12, 1898 in New Iceland. She had the last name Sigurdson in the west.
Children: 1. Evelyn Rose b. June 18, 1921 2. Lloyd Sigurður b. in Gimli on November 27, 1922 3. Margaret Katherine b. February 8, 1924 4. Donna b. December 30, 1932.
Sigurður was the son of Bjarni Torfason and Katrín Gissurardóttir, who came west in 1892. Margrét was the daughter of Sigurmundur Sigurðsson and Sigþrúður Guðmundsdóttir in New Iceland. Sigurður was a bricklayer and worked as a mason in Gimli and Winnipeg. In 1943, Sigurður and Margrét moved to Vancouver.