ID: 5827
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Magnús Sigurðsson Mynd A Century Unfolds
Magnús Sigurðsson was born in Mýrasýsla in 1856. Died September 21, 1945.
Spouse: 1886 Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. 1861 in Húnavatnssýsla.
Children: 1) Þorgrímur b. 1886 2) Guðrún 3) Þuríður b. 1890
Magnús emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1901 but Guðrún, Þuríður and Þorgrímur came the previous year. They lived in Headingley west of Winnipeg the first year but moved to New Iceland in 1903 and settled in Árdals- and Framnes Settlement. They named their farm Storð.