ID: 19227
Born west
Date of birth : 1887
Place of birth : Duluth
Rögnvaldur Walter Stefánsson was born on July 12, 1887 in Duluth, Minnesota. He had the name Walter Stevenson in the west.
Spouse: 1925 Margaret Lamont of Canadian ancestry.
Children: 1. Mavis 2. Marcia.
Rögnvaldur was the son of Sigmundur Stefánsson and María Guðmundsdóttir from Hnausum at Húnavatnssýsla. They settled in Duluth, moved from there to Selkirk, Manitoba, and then to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Rögnvaldur took over his father’s land there, but then moved to Dafoe in 1931 and finally to White Rock, British Columbia in 1943.