ID: 2068
Date of birth : 1871
Date of death : 1942
Magnús Jóhannsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on April 16, 1871. He died in Gimli, Manitoba on December 13, 1942. He had the last name Borgfjörð in the west.
Spouse: María Thomsen b. 1866 in N. Múlasýsla
Children: 1. Ólöf Ágústa Jóhanna b. September 8, 1899.
Magnús came to the West in 1876 with his parents, Jóhann Jóhannesson and Málfríður Jónsdóttir. They went to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and Jóhann was a farmer for many years near Elfros. María came west with her widowed mother, Guðrún Thomsen, in 1887.