Margrét Sigurðardóttir was born on June 7, 1866 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Manitoba on December 20, 1935.
Spouse: January 29, 1896 Einar Guðmundsson b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla on September 19, 1851. He died on August 18, 1938 in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Magnús b. March 29, 1895, d. August 13, 1959 2. Guðríður b. February 18, 1897, d. September 17, 1974 3. Guðrún b. September 10, 1898, d. November 15, 1962 4. Guðmundur b. about 1900, d. same year 5. Friðrik (Frederik) b. May 11, 1901, d. December 1, 1955 6. Þórunn Elísabet b. November 9, 1904, d. October 16, 1897 7. Guðný Ingibjörg b. December 10, d. April 18, 1981. Margrét also had Einar Benedikt Gíslason b. October 26, 1893, d. February 15, 1974.
Einar and his first wife Guðríður came west in 1887 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and then moved on to New Iceland. Einar took land in the Árnes Settlement, naming the farm Einarsstað. Margrét came west in 1893, then pregnant with son Einar.