Margrét Lilja Sigurðardóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Margrét Lilja Sigurðardóttir was born in Mountain, N. Dakota on November 8, 1904. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 2000. She took the name Margret L Josephson with marriage.
Spouse: December 1, 1927 Þorfinnur Lawrence Nýmundsson b. in N. Dakota on May 26, 1904, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1977. He had the name Thorfinnur L Josephson in the west.
Children: 1. Jóhanna Bernice b. November 28, 1928 2. Clarence Valdimar b. February 28, 1933, d. September 1, 1954 in an auto accident 3. Frederick Gylan b. September 13, 1939 4. Conlin David b. November 13, 1944.
Margrét was the daughter of Sigurður Sölvason and Jóhanna Stefánsdóttir who came west in 1899 and settled near Mountain, N. Dakota. They moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and lived near Wynyard. There Margrét met Þorfinnur as he had moved to the village in 1907 from N. Dakota with his parents. Margrét and Þorfinnur first lived near Mozart but then moved to Elfros. Þorfinnur was a farmer and a leader in the village from 1952.