ID: 13832
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1960
Leifur Sigfússon Photo: VÍÆ IV
Leifur Sigfússon was born in N. Múlasýsla on July 7í, 1882. He died on February 16, 1960 in a car accident in California. He took the name Leifur Magnusson in the west.
Spouse: 1912 Sarah Bement Swain b. August 30, 1880, d. August 9, 1966.
Children: 1. Jón b. May 8, 1913 2. Ruth b. August 2, 1914 3. Frederick b. November 15, 1915
Leifur came west to Nebraska in 1886 with his parents, Sigfús Magnússon and Guðrún Benediktsdóttir, and his siblings. He moved from there with them in 1892 to Duluth, Minnesota. There, he graduated from elementary and high school and studied at various schools in the United States. See Atvinna below.