Sigurgeir Stefánsson
Sigrún Sigurgeirsdóttir
Sigurgeir Stefánsson was born in Hnausa in New Iceland on November 15, 1894.
Spouse: September 27, 1921 Sigrún Sigurgeirsdóttir b. in Hnausa.
Children: 1. Jón Ólafur b. July 12, 1922 2. Gladys Guðbjörg b. November 27, 1923 3. Stefán Sigurgeir b. November 3, 1929.
Sigurgeir was the son of Stefán Guðnason and Jóhanna Hannesdóttir, early settlers in the Geysir settlement in Manitoba. Sigrún’s parents were Steingrímur Sigurgeir Einarsson and Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir who lived at Mýra in the Hnausa settlement. Sigurgeir grew up in Hnausa and helped his father with the farm. He served in the Canadian Army from 1916-1919 and fought in France. After a daring trip to Europe, he came home and worked as a farm hand for farmers in the Hnausa settlement until he bought land and started farming on his own land. After 20 years, he turned to retail and opened a store in Hnausa and another in Árborg.