Svanbjörg Sigfúsdóttir and Sigurmundur Sigurðsson Photo A Century Unfolds
Back row: Sigurmundur, Sigurður and Páll. Seated: Irene, Margrét and Emily Photo A Century Unfolds
Sigurmundur Sigurðsson: Born in Gullbringusýsla on September 12, 1865. He died March 19, 1934.
Spouse: 1) April 2, 1891 Sigþrúður Guðmundsdóttir b. 1865 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla; d. 1900. 2) July 30, 1905 Svanbjörg Sigfúsdóttir b. 1877 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Children: With first wife: 1. Sigurður, d. June 13, 1936 2. Páll b. July 3, 1894 3. Margrét Guðmundína b. April 12, 1898; d. December 24, 1982 4. Emilía Oddný b. December 29, 1900; d. February 13, 1963
With second wife: 1. Irene 2. Pálmi d. August 19, 1984 3. Svanbjörg b. June 4, 1908 4. Oddný b. June 11, 1910 5. Sigurmundur Óskar 6. Helga 7. Sigrún b. November 3, 1918.
Sigurmundur emigrated west with his mother and siblings in 1876. He took land in the Geysir Settlement and lived there for a while, calling the farm Hvítárvellur. They ran a store in Arborg 1911 to 1929. Sigþrúður came west to Winnipeg in 1888.