ID: 11511
Date of birth : 1827
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1906
Magnús Mikaelsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 9, 1827. He died in Lincoln County, Minnesota on July 7, 1906. He took the last name Foss in the west.
Spouse: 1) Katrín Friðriksdóttir b. November 14, 1815, d. in Iceland 2) Sigurbjörg Kolbeinsdóttir b. January 7, 1840 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. April 23, 1922 in Minnesota.
Children: With Katrín: 1. Matúsalem b. February 16, 1852 2. Guðjón b. May 21, 1856. With Sigurbjörg: 1. Salína Ingibjörg b. in Iceland on January 12, 1874, d. March 19, 1912 2. Pétur Halldór b. in Lincoln County on December 5, 1881 3. Magnús A. b. in Lincoln County on May 6, 1883.
Magnús and Sigurbjörg came west in 1879 and settled in Lincoln County, Minnesota.