ID: 5098
Date of birth : 1834
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1927
Guðmundur Magnússon: Born in Kollafirði in Strandasýsla in 1834. He took the last name Ruth in Canada. He died on May 31, 1927.
Spouse: Helga Jónsdóttir born in Hvamm in Dalasýsla on October 21, 1838, died on March 22, 1918 in Manitoba.
Children: 1) Ólína b. 1867 2) Guðrún b. 1870 3) Guðjón b. September, 15,1877 in Ontario.
They came west to Ontario in Canada in 1878 and stayed there for some time. They took land in the Argyle Settlement in 1886.