ID: 1876
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Magnús Halldórsson, Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir and Magnea Photo FLNÍ
Magnús Halldórsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on November 27, 1850.
Spouse: 1890 Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla in 1850.
Children: 1. Magnea b. 1885 2. Magnúsína 3. Margrét Júlíana. Two other children died in childhood.
They traveled west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and settled in Gimli. Magnús took land in the Víðirnes Settlement and named the farm Sóleyjaland. They lived there three years before moving back to Gimli and living there the rest of their lives.