Sæmundur Magnússon was born in 1874 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on September 16, 1932. He took the last name Maxon in the west.
Spouse: December 23, 1910 Rakel Gunnlaugsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on December 25, 1883, d. in Selkirk on March 3, 1954.
Children: 1. Halldóra (Dora) Aðalbjörg b. 1911 2. Marino b. March 12, 1913, d. in Greenland in 1945 3. Herbert d. 1939 4. Björg b. 1917 5. A. H. Raymond b. May 29, 1919 6. Frederick b. October 22, 1921 7. Mary b. 1923 8. Victor b. 1925.
Sæmundur came to the West with his sister Sigurborg in 1887. Rakel was the daughter of Gunnlaugur Oddsson and Guðný Ó. Sigfúsdóttir, who came west in 1888. Sæmundur and Rakel lived in Selkirk, Manitoba.
Frederick A. Maxon Photo: VÍÆ IV
A. H. Raymond Maxon Photo: VíÆ IV
Marino Maxon Photo: VÍÆ IV