Juren Victor Leifson Photo: VÍÆ IV
Juren Victor Sigurðsson was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on June 8, 1894. He died in Utah in 1983. He had the last name Leifson in the west.
Spouse: September 24, 1919 Mary Bradford b. in Spanish Fork on November 8, 1895, d. in Utah on January 22, 1966.
Children: 1. Freda Eliza b. August 28, 1920 2. Glen b. March 10, 1922, d. June 11 same year 3. Hanna Luene b. November 1, 1923 4. Ted Victor b. April 17, 1925 5. Thor Elden b. April 18, 1928 6. Allen Rawsel b. March 7, 1930 7. Mary Afton b. September 6, 1931.
Juren was the son of Sigurður Þorleifsson and Hjálmfríður Hjálmarsdóttir. Sigurður immigrated to the United States in 1884, first to N. Dakota, but then he went to Spanish Fork, Utah and lived there all his life. He is registered as Thor Leifson in Utah. Hjálmfríður left the Westmann Islands for the West in 1891. Juren completed primary school education in Spanish Fork and technical school education from the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 10, 1913. He was in the First World War 1917-19. He took up carpentry and worked at it all his life in Utah. He was actively involved in Mormon work and was for a time a bishop in the Church of Latter-Day Saints in Utah. He cultivated ties to Iceland and his Icelandic origins all his life.