ID: 13232
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Magnús Hjörleifsson Photo FLNÍ
Guðný Halldórsdóttir Photo FLNÍ
Magnús Hjörleifsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 23, 1865.
Spouse: October 23, 1886 Guðný Halldórsdóttir b. 1864 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Anna Sigríður b. 1887 2. Halldór b. 1889 3. Arngrímur Jóhann b. in Minnesota July 12, 1893, d. November 5, 1918 in Germany 4. Jón b. October 29, 1894 5. Skúli b. March 14, 1895 6. Björn.
Magnús emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and traveled that same year to Minnesota in the United States. The road led him back north to New Iceland in 1895 and he landed in the Víðirnes Settlement a year later. He moved to Selkirk in 1920.