Magnús Magnússon was born in Patreksfjörður in Barðastrandasýsla on December 7, 1859. He died in 1942.
Spouse: 1895 Ingibjörg Vídalín Sveinsdóttir b. April 28, 1874 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. October 21, 1940 in Hnausa in New Iceland.
Children: 1. Jón Vídalín b. 1895, d. 1963 2. Magnús Ragnar b. April 16, 1896, d. 1976. 3. Helga Þorgerður b. 1898, d. 1932 4. Sveinn b. 1899, d. 1899 5. Sveinn Sigursteinn b. 1900, d. 1984 6. Oscar Kristinn b. 1902, d. 1996 7. Einar Konrad b. 1903, d. 1905 8. Ásta María Monica b. 1904, d. 1985 9. Jóhannes Helgi b. 1906, d. 1991 10. Einar Konrad b. 1907, d. 1993 11. Guðmundur Gröndal b. 1908, d. 1986 12. Ingibjörg Magnúsína Vídalín b. December 7, 1909 13. Valgerður Jórunn Oddný b. December 18, 1917.
Magnús came west to Canada in 1887 and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He worked in the city for some time, then moved west to the Pacific in the spring of 1889 and worked in Seattle for a year. He moved back to Manitoba and got a job with the brothers Jóhannes and Stefán, ship owners in Hnausa. He became acquainted with the fishing industry on Lake Winnipeg and founded a company with Tómas Björnsson in Geysir, Manitoba. Later the company became the Magnússon Bros. Fish Company. Magnús and Ingibjörg lived at Eyjólfsstaðir in Hnausa.
Back row L-R: Óskar, Sveinn, Jón, Jóhannes. Middle row L-R: Einar, Helga, Ingibjörg, Ásta and Guðmundur. Front: Magnús and Ingibjörg seated, Jórunn standing between them. Photo: HR