ID: 17793
Born west
Date of birth : 1895
Sigmundur Jósefsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Sigmundur Jósefsson was born on February 2, 1895 at Melstað in Gimli in New Iceland.
Spouse: March 23, 1922 Margrét Stefánsdóttir b. in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland on January 14, 1901.
Children: 1. Valtýr b. November 2, 1929 in New Iceland
Sigmundur was the son of Jósef Sigurðsson and Arnbjörg Jónsdóttir at Melstað in New Iceland. Margrét’s parents were Stefán Sigurðsson and his second wife, Guðrún Magnúsdóttir. She came west with her widowed mother, Vigdís Guðmundsdóttir, who lived at Auðnir at Vatnsleysuströnd in Gullbringusýsla. Sigmundur fished on Lake Winnipeg and was also a carpenter in Gimli.