Seated: Valdheiður, Sigurlaug, Clara, Sigfús and Sigrún. Standing: Franklin, Guðrún, Jóhannes, Kristján, Jónína and Kristjón. Photo: WtW
Sigfús in this house on his land in 1914. Photo: WtW
Sigfús Sigurðsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 19, 1874. He died in Oak Point on November 2, 1955.
Spouse: August 5, 1898 Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir b. May 2, 1878, d. in Winnipeg on July 13, 1960.
Children: 1. Kristján Bergþór b. May 12, 1899 2. Kristjón Felix b. January 15, 1901 3. Guðrún Kristjana b. February 16, 1904 4. Jóhannes Wilfred b. May 28, 1905 5. Valdheiður b. September 9, 1906 6. Jónína Anna b. November 7, 1908 7. Franklin Emil b. March 3, 1912 8. Sigrún b. July 24, 1914 9. Sigurlaug Clara b. October 31, 1918.
Sigfús came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents, Sigurður Erlendsson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir, in 1876. They stayed in Gimli for the first year, but then went north to Mikley. Sigurlaug came west with her parents, Jón Frímann Kristjánsson and Kristína Jónsdóttir, in 1889. Sigfús and Sigurlaug moved to the Lundar settlement in 1902 and took land near Otto. They lived there until 1936 when they moved to Oak Point.