Magnússína Sigurrós Pálsdóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnbyggð). She died in 1964. She was known as Rosa in the west.
Spouse: Guðmundur Guðmundsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1877.
Children: 1. Olga 2. Esther 3. Leo 4. Guðmundur Allan 5. Páll (Paul) 6. Ted 7. Gerry
Guðmundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 with his mother, Halldóra Þórðardóttir, and sisters. Halldóra died a year later and Guðmundur moved to the home of Tryggvi Friðriksson, pioneer settler in the Argyle Settlement. He moved with Tryggvi’s family north to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1906. Guðmundur took land in the Wynyard area, but later sold it and moved to the village of Wynyard. Magnúsína was the daughter of Páll Jónsson and Snjólaug Jóhannsdóttir, who lived in Kandahar in the Lakes Settlement.
Standing: Esther and her husband Arthur, then Leo and his wife Olga, Páll and his wife Yvonne, then Gerry’s wife Joyce, Ted and his wife Isobel, then Allan and his wife Irene, holding their daughter Geraldine, and finally a family friend, John HP Johnson. Sitting are the children of Esther and Arthur, Debra, Karen, Kurt. Then Magnúsína and Guðmundur and finally Gordon, Allan’s son. Photo taken in 1955. RbQ