Valdimar Sigfússon was born in Wynyard in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) on September 17, 1911. He died in Vancouver on November 18, 1979.
Spouse: November 21, 1935 Þóranna Guðfinna Kristín Inge b. December 28, 1912.
Children: 1. Avery Marteinn b. September 24, 1936 2. Elaine Linda b. January 17, 1938 3. Sidney Dallas b. March 1, 1948 4. Kermith Edmund b. April 6, 1951.
Valdimar was the son of Þorsteinn Sigfússon and Steinvar Bjarnadóttir, who came west from Akureyri on July 2, 1876. Þóranna’s parents were Ingimundur Eiríksson Inge and Steinunn Jónsdóttir, early settlers near Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. Valdimar and Þóranna lived in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) a short distance from Wynyard. They later moved west to the Pacific and lived in British Columbia.