ID: 19044
Date of birth : 1835
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1902
Magnús Magnússon was born in Húnavatnssýsla on December 8, 1835. He died in Gimli in 1902.
Spouse: Margrét Jónsdóttir b. September 30, 1833 in Húnavantssýsla, d. in New Iceland in 1913.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1862 2. Ágúst b. 1863 3. Rósa b. 1865, d. 1914 4. Guðrún Solveig b. 1866 5. Jón b. 1869 6. Björn b. 1873. Jón and Björn did not emigrate.
Magnús and Margrét came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888; Ágúst had emigrated the year before. They first lived in Brandon and lived there for a few years before moving to the Isafold Settlement. Magnús and Margrét moved to the Árnes Settlement and lived for some years near Gimli.