Margrét Magnúsdóttir was born on January 4, 1834 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on October 29, 1919.
Spouse: Páll Pétursson born on February 10, 1828 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on March 9, 1895.
Children: They had 13 children, 5 died in Iceland. Came west: 1. Jóhann Pétur b. 1859, d. of smallpox in 1876 2. Guðrún b. 1862 3. Sigmundur b. 1863, died of smallpox in 1876 4. Jón Sigurður b. 1868 5. Páll Magnús b. 1871, died of smallpox in 1876 6. Ingibjörg b. 1873, died of smallpox during the winter 1876-1877 7. Sigríður Rósa b. in Quebec, Canada in July, 1876, died in her first year 8. Elín Jóhanna b. 1878.
They came west across the sea in 1876 and first lived in Winnipeg. They moved to the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland and lived the rest of there lives there.