ID: 1969
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1931
Magnús Narfason was born on June 1, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla. He died in New Iceland in 1931.
Spouse: Emerentíana Jónsdóttir b. December 6, 1855 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. March 30, 1912.
Children: 1. Guðmundur Narfi b. February 25, 1895 2.Guðjón Erlendur b. September 17, 1896. Three additional children died in childhood.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and settled in Gimli in New Iceland. They took land in the Víðirnes Settlement west of Gimli in 1892 and lived there two years. They then moved to the farm Víðivellur in the same settlement.