ID: 2649
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : Kjósarsýsla
Date of death : 1917
Magnús Vigfússon was born in Kjósarsýsla on May 19, 1842. He died in Manitoba on November 23, 1917.
Spouse: Kristín Benjamínsdóttir (they lived together) b. May 7, 1858 in Kjósarsýsla, d. September 13, 1924 in Gimli.
Children: 1. Jóhanna b. August 27, 1878 2. Guðný 3. Sigurlín
They came west across the sea to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 together with their daughter, Jóhanna, and her husband, Hannes Erlendsson. They moved to the Big Point area but Magnús did not take any land. They moved west from there in 1906 to the Big Grass area and lived there.