Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir

ID: 1882
Date of birth : 1873

Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir was born in Kjósarsýsla on January 1, 1873.

Spouse: Egill Jónsson b. May 12, 1867 in Gullbringusýsla.

Children: 1. Magnús b. July 14, 1894, d. 1962 British Columbia 2. Guðjón b. August 8, 1896 3. Sigríður b. 1898 4. Arnís b. in Canada. Their fifth child, Ragnhildur Helga, remained in Iceland.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba and stayed the first winter with Egill’s brother, Jón, in the Árnes settlement. A year later Egill took his own land in the same settlement and named it Borg. They lived there after that.