Sigurgeir Hermanius Jakobsson was born on January 1, 1893, in Mikley in New Iceland.
Spouse: July 21, 1927 Victoria Johanna May Anderson b. May 24, 1909.
Children: 1. Victoria Olga b. January 25, 1928 2. Elin Bernice b. October 14, 1929 3.Vilhjálmur Jakob b. August 31, 1931 4. Laura Diana b. December 20, 1933 5. Darwin Sigurgeir b. November 26, 1939 6. Paul Winston Delano b. October 16, 1941.
Sigurgeir was the son of Jakob Pétur Sigurgeirsson and Victoria Solveig Jóhannesdóttir in Gimli, Manitoba. Victoria Jóhanna’s parents were John S Anderson, a foreigner, and Elín Elízabeth Þorsteinsdóttir. Sigurgeir grew up in Gimli where his parents ran a restaurant, Vic’s Cafe. He learned shipbuilding and ended up as a captain on a cargo ship on Great Slave Lake in Northwest Canada.