Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir and Sigurður Magnússon Photo: RbQ
Sigurður Magnússon was born in Strandasýsla on April 5, 1861. He died in Saskatchewan July 3, 1948.
Spouse: December 15, 1894 Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 1, 1876, d. in Vancouver, June 7, 1970.
Children: 1. Sophia b. April 21, 1896 2. Kristín (Christine) b. March 10, 1898 3. Sigurjón b. July 10, 1900, d. in April, 1901 4. Sigurjón b. July 14, 1902 5. Margrét b. November 27, 1904 6. Björg b. February 25, 1907, d. May 10, 1929 7. Kristbjörg b. October 3, 1909 8. Guðlaug b. March 1, 1912 9. Magnús Jón b. August 8, 1914 10. Björn Lawrence b. October 16, 1917.
Sigurður emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his mother in 1885. They settled in N. Dakota. In 1905, Sigurður bought land in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan in the Kandahar/Dafoe Settlement and lived there with his family. Kristín came west in 1883 with her parents and they settled in N. Dakota.