Vigfús Stefánsson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 3, 1893. He had the last name Baldvinsson in the west.
Spouse: November 11, 1920 Salóme Friðbjarnardóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 28, 1893. She took the last name Baldvinsson with marriage.
Children: 1. Walter Baldvin b. October 22, 1921, d. April 25, 1944 in World War II 2. Franklín Darwin b. February 11, 1923 3. Kristbergur Stefán b. December 15, 1924 4. Joseph Bennet b. October 30, 1928 5. Verne Darwin b. October 2, 1930.
Vigfús came west across the sea in 1903 with his father, Stefán Baldvinsson and his wife and siblings. He was a baker in the West. Salóme came west to Winnipeg in 1910 where she worked until 1920. That year she moved with her husband to Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1932 they moved to Wynyard and then to Winnipeg in 1945. They last settled in Vancouver. Salóme was interested in the social affairs of her country, was in the Jón Sigurðsson society in Winnipeg and later the women’s society Framsørk in Wynyard.