ID: 2570
Date of birth : 1884
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1938
Ólafur Magnússon was born in Gullbringusýsla on February 6, 1884. He died on September 9, 1939 in Roosevelt, Utah. He took the name Ole Einarson in Utah.
Spouse: October 18, 1915 Annie Morgan.
Children: 1. Larene b. August 25, 1916 2. Floyd b. 1918 3. triplets Jane, Blaine, and John b. 1924 4. Lorna b. 1926 5. Lois Ann b. 1929.
Ólafur emigrated west to Utah in 1886 with his father, Magnús Einarsson, and his siblings. His half-brother, Kristján, had gone west in 1884. Ólafur grew up in Spanish Fork and attended school there. He learned the blacksmithing trade from his father. He tried farming, but it did not suit him, so he continued blacksmithing and also worked for a mining company.