Sigfús Magnússon Photo: VÍÆ II
Sigfús Magnússon was born on February 9, 1879 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on January 24, 1926.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Petrea Ágústsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 21, 1883.
Children: 1. Elín Margrét b. April 4, 1908 2. Björnstjerne Axel b. March 28, 1910 3. Jónína Björg b. March 10, 1913 4. Álfheiður Hulsa b. March 25, 1915 5. Jón Ágúst b. April 2, 1917 6. Carolína Ingibjörg b. June 27, 1919 7. Gunnar Leslie b. November 15, 1921 8. Sigfús Stanley b. December 25, 1923.
Ingibjörg’s parents, Ágúst Jónsson and Júlíana Björg Guðnadóttir, came west to N. Dakota with their 4-year old. She later lived with them in Morden, Manitoba and then in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907. Sigfús was taken as a baby into foster care by Rev. Björn Jónsson in Miklabær. He came west in 1906 and settled in Vatnabyggð.