ID: 13578
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1907
Magnús Sölvason was born in 1852 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Point Roberts, Washington in 1907. He took the name Magnus S. Olson in the west.
Spouse: Sigríður Skúladóttir born in Kjósarsýsla in 1869. She died in Point Roberts in 1960. He took the name Sarah Skulason Olson in the west.
Children: 1. Sigríður (Sarah) 2. María 3. Margrét 4. Þorbjörg (Bertha) 5. Sigurveig 6. Skúli 7. Vilhjálmur (Bill).
Magnús and Sigríður emigrated west the same year, 1887, and travelled west to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They continued west over time to Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and from there to Point Roberts, Washington in 1902.