Guðjón Magnússon was born in Barrie, Ontario on September 15, 1877. He died in Cypress River, Manitoba on July 7, 1942. He took the last name Ruth in the west. Spouse: 1905 Guðrún Sigurðardóttir b. in Mýrasýsla on August 10, 1874, d. in Winnipeg on May 24, 1962. Children: 1. Roy Herbert b. in Winnipeg on January 21, 1907 2. …

Roy Herbert Ruth was born in Winnipeg on January 21, 1907. Unmarried and childless. Roy’s parents were Guðjón Magnússon Ruth and Guðrún Sigurðardóttir. Roy grew up in the Argyle settlement, completed his elementary and secondary school education in Brú in the settlement in 1922 and in 1927 he began studying at the Jón Bjarnarson School in Winnipeg and graduated in …