Þorgrímur Magnússon

ID: 6138
Date of birth : 1886
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1931

Þorgrímur Magnússon Photo VÍÆ 3

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Þorgrímur Magnússon: Born in Húnvatnssýsla on August 29, 1886. He died on April 27, 1931. He took the name Sigurðsson in the west.

Spouse: November 10, 1910 Guðný Magnea Geirsdóttir born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 9, 1878, d. December 9, 1955 in Vancouver.

Children: 1. Guðrún Jóhanna b. September 3, 1911 2. Geirfinnur Sigurður  3. Jón Þorgrímur b. August 19, 1913 4. Magnús Eggert b. September 16, 1914 5. Gunnar Þórir (Thor) b. October 11, 1915 6. Ingólfur Tryggvi b. November 18, 1917 7. Valgerður Olga b. November 18, 1917 (twin) 8. Halldóra Aðalheiður b. December 15, 1919 9. Ragnheiður Magnea b. September 29, 1921.

Þorgrímur emigrated west in 1900, but Guðný Magnea emigrated west with her parents in 1893. They bought the farm Storð from Þorgrím’s father in 1910 in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement and started farming there the same year.