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Family of Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON and Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR

Husband: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON

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Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON

  • Name:

  • Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Magnús GUÐLAUGSSON (1844-1928)

  • Mother:

  • Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR (1852-1930)

  • Birth:

  • Jun 8, 1880

  • Grímstunga, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4,5,6

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  • Grímstunga, a big sheep farm, church and former parsonage today. West of it is a rugged gorge, through which flows the river Álka. The beginning of the old route via Grímstunguheiði (moor) to Borgarfjörður, now a jeep track south to the moors and Stórisandur. The home, in the 10th century of Óttar, father of the poet Hallfreður Vandræðaskáld. 1845 Icelandic census states that Gisli was born in Underfellssókn which is across the river from where the obituary stated he was born. I have used the obituary location because it was from son his Marlin Magnusson

  • Baptism:

  • Jun 20, 1880 (age 0)

  • Undirfell kirkja, Undirfellssókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland7

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 0)

  • Grímstunga, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 2-3)

  • from Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland to Canada8,9,10

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  • Census shows Gisli, Anna with Parmas, Emil and Orianna.

  • Residence:

  • 1885 (age 4-5)

  • Gimli, Manitoba5

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 10-11)

  • Gimli, Manitoba (with father)11

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1900 (age 19-20)

  • Canada10

  • Occupation:

  • 1901 (age 20-21)

  • clerk at a general store in Gimli12

  • Occupation:

  • "January 1905 to 1910"

  • Ráðsmaður (stewart, household manager, councillor); Baldur paper

  •  

  • Address: Gimli, Manitoba

    name changed to the Gimlungur in 1910

  • Dom. Land Grants:

  • Oct 11, 1904 (age 24)

  • Lot #30 Gimli Manitoba ( land Grant )13

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  • Group/Block: 6

    Lots: 30

    Liber: 139

    Folio: 219

    File reel number: C-6043

    Names: Gisli P Magnusson

    Place name: Gimli, Townsite of

  • Occupation:

  • 1908 (age 27-28)

  • agent for the Carper Timber Co of Winnipeg14

  •  

  • G P Magnusson has been appointed local

    agent for the Carper Timber Co., of

    Winnipeg, and is buying a large quantity of ties

    In this district.

  • Life Event:

  • 1908 (age 27-28)

  • Gimli, Manitoba

  •  

  • Councillor: Gisli P. Magnusson (VILLAGE OF GIMLI INCORPORATED 1908 Gimli was legally incorporated as a village in 1908. Its first elections were held on March 31,)

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1909 and 1910 (age 28-30)

  • treasurer for the Municipality of Gimli

  • Occupation:

  • 1909 (age 28-29)

  • secratery treasurer; Municipaliy of Gimli

  •  

  • Address: Gimli, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1910 and 1911 (age 29-31)

  • operated a newspaper called Gimlungur in Gimli; Gimli, Manitoba

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  • address 1911 GIMLUNGUR

    P . O . B O X 4 5 9 ,

    G l M L I , M A N -

    Gísli P. Magnússon,

    Ritstjóri o g ráðsmaður.

    Jóhannes Vigfússon,

    prentari.

    1910 address box 92, Gimli, Manitoba

    Gimlungur

    Newspaper, 1910-1911. 1 reel. Published weekly in Gimli, Manitoba, by Maple Leaf Printing and Supply Company, 1910-1914. In Icelandic.

    first issue 30 March 1910

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1910 to 1914 (age 29-34)

  • established the Maple Leaf Printing and Publishing Co.

  • Occupation:

  • 1910 (age 29-30)

  • Lögmaður; F. Heap

  •  

  • Address: Gimli

    company in Selkirk, Winnipeg and Gimli (F. Heaps of Selkirk as solicitor)

     

  • Occupation:

  • 1910 (age 29-30)

  • whitewashing, cement and brick work; Gimli, Manitoba

  •  

  • advertisement April 1910

  • Occupation:

  • 1911 (age 30-31)

  • (Census shows) Printer15

  •  

  • Census shows that Gisli Magnusson worked full time (52 wks/year) and put in 48 hours per week at work.

  • Religion:

  • 1911 (age 30-31)

  • Unitarian

  • Occupation:

  • 1916 (age 35-36)

  • carpenter16

  • Occupation:

  • 1921 (age 40-41)

  • carpenter10

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 40-41)

  • Gimli, Manitoba10

  • Residence:

  • 1926 (age 45-46)

  • Manitoba17

  •  

  • Address: 2nd. Ave Gimli

  • Occupation:

  • 1929 (age 48-49)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 841 Home St.

  • Residence:

  • 1929 (age 48-49)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 841 Home St.

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 49-50)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 1036 Notre Dame Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1931 (age 50-51)

  • Carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • house building

  • Residence:

  • 1931 (age 50-51)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18,19

  •  

  • Address: 565 Lipton St.

    home rented, 5 room

  • Life Event:

  • 1931 (age 50-51)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Shown as a "Ritari" Secretary for the Winnipeg Icelandic Festival

  • Occupation:

  • 1932 (age 51-52)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1932 (age 51-52)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 568 Banning St.

  • Life Event:

  • 1932 (age 51-52)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • part of group that where instrumental in the moveing of the Icelandic Festival ( Islendingadagurinn ) from Winnipeg ( held in Winnipeg from 1890 to 1931) to Gimli, first festival August 2 1932

  • Occupation:

  • 1933 (age 52-53)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1933 (age 52-53)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1934 (age 53-54)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1934 (age 53-54)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1935 (age 54-55)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1935 (age 54-55)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1936 (age 55-56)

  • printer; Magnusson Bros.18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Emil, Gisli P. and Marlin printers Magnusson Bros. 604 Sargent

  • Residence:

  • 1936 (age 55-56)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Residence:

  • 1937 (age 56-57)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 569 Maryland St.

    shows him as retired and was living in the same place as Parmes

  • Occupation:

  • 1938 (age 57-58)

  • printer; Magnusson Bros.18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1938 (age 57-58)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 426 Agnes Street

    shown as printer, with Magnusson Bros.

  • Occupation:

  • 1940 (age 59-60)

  • printer20

  • Residence:

  • 1945 (age 64-65)

  • Silver Bay, Manitoba20

  •  

  • at Henry and Rory Davidson's house

  • Occupation:

  • 1945 (age 64-65)

  • printer20

  • Residence:

  • 1949 (age 68-69)

  • Lundar, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • 1949 (age 68-69)

  • printer20

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • book binder, publisher, carpenter, businessman

  • Residence:

  • btw 1952 and 1960 (age 71-80)

  • Ashern and Lundar, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • frm May 17, 1952 to Sep 1, 1960 (age 71-80)

  • operated a weekly newspaper (Interlake Municipal Observer); Ashern and Lundar, Manitoba21,22

  •  

  • published in Lundar

  • Occupation:

  • 1957 (age 76-77)

  • gentleman; Lundar, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • "ABT 1908 - 1911 ?"

  • worked for a law firm of F.Heap (Selkirk and Gimli)

  •  

  • F. HEAP.

    I . Ö G M A Ð U R

    SELKIRK, WINNIPEG OG GIMLI.

    G. P . Magnússon,

    er umboösmaSur hans a Gimli os annast um

    itmheimtiní? á skuldum, útbunimr á alsleg

    samningum OB hver önnur löftmanns störf

    Sanngjarnt verð oer fljót nfsrreiðslf. áöllu.

    Pósthólf nr. 92. Talsími nr. 16 og 23

  • Residence:

  • frm 1961 to 1967 (age 80-87)

  • Lundar, Manitoba23

  • Occupation:

  • "BET 1908 AND ABT 1918"

  • He was a policeman and later a magistrate for Gimli, Mb. for 10 years.

  • Occupation:

  • "BET 1910 AND ?"

  • sold farm implements around Gimli

  • Height:

  •  

  • aprox 5ft 10inch or 11 inch

  • Death:

  • Oct 9, 1967 (age 87)

  • (5 P.M.) E.M. Crowe Hospital, Eriksdale, Manitoba23

  •  

  • Cause: Acute coronary artery failure

  • Burial:

  • Oct 12, 1967

  • Vidir Cemetary (alongside his first wife ) burial site not found.23

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  • Headstone was placed here, burial location was stated in his Registration of Death certificate.

Wife: Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR

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Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Rafn JÓNSSON (1833-1904)

  • Mother:

  • Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR (1848-1930)

  • Birth:

  • May 31, 1879

  • her fathers homestead named Lundi, just North of Gimli, Manitoba24

  • Residence:

  • 1879 (age 0)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 11-12)

  • East Gimli, Manitoba11

  • Religion:

  • 1911 (age 31-32)

  • Luthern15

  • Residence:

  • 1937 (age 57-58)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 569 Maryland St.

  • Death:

  • Apr 12, 1941 (age 61)

  • 3:00 AM at NW18 23 2E House #9 Vidir, RM of Bifrost, Manitoba24

  •  

  • Cause: Hepatic Carcinoma (liver cancer)

  • Burial:

  • Apr 15, 1941

  • Vidir Cemetery, Vidir, Manitoba24

Child 1: Orianna Mabel MAGNUSSON

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Daughter: Orianna Mabel MAGNUSSON

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Spouse: Thomas Greenwood JÓNASSON

  • Name:

  • Orianna Mabel MAGNUSSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Greenwood JÓNASSON (1893-1971)

  • Birth:

  • Jul 26, 1902

  • Rural Municipality of Gimli, Manitoba15,25

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 3-4)

  • Gimli, Manitoba2

  •  

  • Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 8-9)

  • Gimli village26

  • Religion:

  • 1911 (age 8-9)

  • Luthern15

  • Residence:

  • 1916 (age 13-14)

  • Gimli village, Manitoba16

  • Death:

  • Jan, 1956 (age 53)

  • Arborg Memorial hospital, Arborg, Manitoba14,27

  • Burial:

  • Jan 23, 1956

  • Ardal/Geyser Luthern Church Cemetery, Arborg, Manitoba14,28

  • burial service:

  • Jan 23, 1956 (age 53)

  • Rev. B Fririricksson ofi'iciating, Arborg Luthern Church, Arborg, Manitoba14

Child 2: Parmes Leonard MAGNUSSON

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Son: Parmes Leonard MAGNUSSON

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Spouse: Anna Sigrun KARVELSON

  • Name:

  • Parmes Leonard MAGNUSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Anna Sigrun KARVELSON (1907-1972)

  • Birth:

  • Nov 26, 1903

  • Gimli, Manitoba29

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 2-3)

  • Gimli, Manitoba2

  •  

  • Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 7-8)

  • Gimli village26

  • Residence:

  • 1916 (age 12-13)

  • Gimli village, Manitoba16

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 17-18)

  • section 2, Gimli, Manitoba10

  • Occupation:

  • 1929 (age 25-26)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 26-27)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 308 Portage Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1931 (age 27-28)

  • carpenter house building; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Occupation:

  • 1934 (age 30-31)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1934 (age 30-31)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1935 (age 31-32)

  • carpenter

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1935 (age 31-32)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Residence:

  • 1936 (age 32-33)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

    Parmes and Gisli lived in the same place

  • Occupation:

  • 1936 (age 32-33)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Occupation:

  • 1937 (age 33-34)

  • carpenter

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1937 (age 33-34)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 569 Maryland St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1938 (age 34-35)

  • decorator18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 35-36)

  • decorator18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1943 (age 39-40)

  • Dec (?) Plumber; Thos Jackson's and Sons

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1944 (age 40-41)

  • Dec (?); Thos Jackson's and Sons

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1945 (age 41-42)

  • Carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Occupation:

  • 1946 (age 42-43)

  • plumber; O K Hansson

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1948 (age 44-45)

  • plumber; O K Hansson Co.

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1950 (age 46-47)

  • plumber; O K Hannson Co18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1951 (age 47-48)

  • plumber; Toole Plumbing and Heating

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1952 (age 48-49)

  • plumber; Toole Plumbing and Heating18

  • Occupation:

  • 1953 (age 49-50)

  • Plumber; Randall & Co.18

  •  

  • Address: 565 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1954 (age 50-51)

  • plumber; Randall & Co.

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1955 (age 51-52)

  • Plumber; Randall & Co.18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1956 (age 52-53)

  • plumber; Randall and Co.18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1957 (age 53-54)

  • plumber; G L Stephenson & Sons18

  •  

  • Address: 676 Home St., Winnipeg

  • Occupation:

  • 1958 (age 54-55)

  • plumber20

  • Occupation:

  • 1959 (age 55-56)

  • plumber

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1960 (age 56-57)

  • plumber18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1961 (age 57-58)

  • plumber; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Occupation:

  • 1962 (age 58-59)

  • plumber; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18,20

  • Occupation:

  • 1963 (age 59-60)

  • plumber; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Occupation:

  • 1964 (age 60-61)

  • pipe fitter; Potash Plant18

  •  

  • Address: Regina, Saskatchewan

  • Occupation:

  • 1965 (age 61-62)

  • plumber; Regina, Saskatchewan18

  • Residence:

  • 1969 (age 65-66)

  • 83 Pioneer Village, Regina, Sask.30

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  • Lot A, Plot 19, Block 62g Riverside Cemetery, Regina, Sask.

    service conducted from the Helmsing Bremmer Funeral Chapel, 2210 Collage Ave. 1:30P.M. the Rev. Stanley C. McDonald officiating.

  • Death:

  • Dec 18, 1969 (age 66)

  • Regina, Saskatchewan

  • Burial:

  • Dec 22, 1969

  • Section: 62G, Plot: 19, Lot: A, Riverside Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan31

  •  

  • Lot A, Plot 19, Block 62g Riverside Cemetery, Regina, Sask.

    service conducted from the Helmsing Bremmer Funeral Chapel, 2210 Collage Ave. 1:30P.M. the Rev. Stanley C. McDonald officiating.

Child 3: Aurora Florentina MAGNUSSON

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Daughter: Aurora Florentina MAGNUSSON

  • Name:

  • Aurora Florentina MAGNUSSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Aug 21, 1905

  • Gimli, Manitoba32,33

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 0-1)

  • Gimli, Manitoba2

  •  

  • Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba

  • Death:

  • Oct 13, 1906 (age 1)

  • Gimli, Manitoba34

  •  

  • name on headstone is Arora, (died at 15 months)

  • Burial:

  • 1906

  • Gimli Cemetery, Gimli, Manitoba

Child 4: Emil Florintinus Magnus MAGNUSSON

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Son: Emil Florintinus Magnus MAGNUSSON

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Spouse: Jennie GULAY

  • Name:

  • Emil Florintinus Magnus MAGNUSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Jennie GULAY (1914-1973)

  • Birth:

  • May 24, 1909

  • Gimli, Manitoba15,35

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 1-2)

  • Gimli village26

  • Religion:

  • 1911 (age 1-2)

  • Luthern15

  • Residence:

  • 1916 (age 6-7)

  • Gimli village, Manitoba16

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 11-12)

  • section 2, Gimli, Manitoba10

  • Residence:

  • 1926 (age 16-17)

  • Manitoba17

  •  

  • Address: 2nd. Ave Gimli

  • Residence:

  • 1929 (age 19-20)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 841 Home St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1929 (age 19-20)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 841 Home St.

  • Residence:

  • 1931 (age 21-22)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada19

  •  

  • Address: 565 Lipton St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1931 (age 21-22)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1932 (age 22-23)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 568 Banning St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1932 (age 22-23)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1935 (age 25-26)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1935 (age 25-26)

  • carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1936 (age 26-27)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1936 (age 26-27)

  • printer; Magnusson Bros.18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Emil, Gisli P. and Marlin printers Magnusson Bros. 604 Sargent

  • Occupation:

  • 1937 (age 27-28)

  • -; Magnusson Bros.

  •  

  • Address: 604 Sargent, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1937 (age 27-28)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Maryland St.

    lived at the same place as Gisli, Marlin and Parmes and Aurora

  • Occupation:

  • 1938 (age 28-29)

  • printer; Magnusson Bros.18

  •  

  • Address: 730 Valour Rd.

  • Residence:

  • 1938 (age 28-29)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 426 Agnes Street

    with Magnusson Bros. 730 Valour Rd., Winnipeg (Emil and Marlin)

  • Occupation:

  • 1940 (age 30-31)

  • carpenter; Vidir, Manitoba20

  • Life Event:

  • 1943 (age 33-34)

  • family moved from Vidir to Arborg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1944 (age 34-35)

  • Arborg, Manitoba

  •  

  • Address: corner of William and Second

    Started to build house

  • Occupation:

  • 1949 (age 39-40)

  • carpenter; Arborg, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • 1957 (age 47-48)

  • carpenter; Arborg, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • 1962 (age 52-53)

  • carpenter; Arborg, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • 1963 (age 53-54)

  • carpenter; Arborg, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • 1968 (age 58-59)

  • carpenter; Arborg, Manitoba20

  • Death:

  • Feb 5, 1974 (age 64)

  • St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Mantoba

  • Burial:

  • Mar 5, 1974

  • Arborg Unitarian Church (Arborg Cemetary)Arborg, Manitoba36

Child 5: Marlin Joseph Gisli MAGNUSSON

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Son: Marlin Joseph Gisli MAGNUSSON

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Spouse: Hermina Bessie HENDRICK

  • Name:

  • Marlin Joseph Gisli MAGNUSSON25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Hermina Bessie HENDRICK (1919-2017)

  • Birth:

  • Jun 11, 1911

  • Gimli Hospital, Gimli, Manitoba35

  • Residence:

  • 1916 (age 4-5)

  • Gimli village, Manitoba16

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 9-10)

  • section2, Gimli, Manitoba10

  • Residence:

  • 1926 (age 14-15)

  • Manitoba17

  •  

  • Address: 2nd. Ave Gimli

  • Residence:

  • 1931 (age 19-20)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada19

  •  

  • Address: 565 Lipton St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1931 (age 19-20)

  • apprentice carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Occupation:

  • 1932 (age 20-21)

  • carpenter labour18

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1932 (age 20-21)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 568 Banning St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1935 (age 23-24)

  • carpenter

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1935 (age 23-24)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1936 (age 24-25)

  • printer; Magnusson Bros.

  •  

  • Address: 604 Sargent, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Emil, Gisli P. and Marlin printers Magnusson Bros. 604 Sargent

  • Residence:

  • 1936 (age 24-25)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 596 Sargent Ave.

  • Occupation:

  • 1937 (age 25-26)

  • -; Magnusson Bros.

  •  

  • Address: 569 Maryland St.

  • Residence:

  • 1937 (age 25-26)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 569 Maryland St.

    lived at the same place as Gisli, Parmes and Emil and Aurora

  • Occupation:

  • 1938 (age 26-27)

  • -; Magnusson Bros.

  •  

  • Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Residence:

  • 1938 (age 26-27)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 426 Agnes Street

    with Magnusson Bros. 730 Valour Rd.

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 27-28)

  • ??; Magnusson Bros.

  •  

  • Address: 730 Valour Rd.

    still listed as business at this address but can't find any of the family

  • Residence:

  • 1940 (age 28-29)

  • Vidir, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1940 (age 28-29)

  • carpenter20

  • Occupation:

  • btw Mar 16, 1942 and 1944 (age 30-33)

  • published The Observer; Ashern, Manitoba

  •  

  • Published at Ashern and then it was published at Lundar starting in 1944 as the Interlake Weekly Observer

  • Occupation:

  • btw Jul 15, 1944 and Aug 15, 1952 (age 33-41)

  • weekly newspaper editor and owner; Ashern & Lundar Interlake Municipal Observer22

  •  

  • Address: box 96 Lundar, Manitoba

    printed by Northern Press

  • Occupation:

  • 1949 (age 37-38)

  • printer; Lundar, Manitoba20

  • Occupation:

  • 1956 (age 44-45)

  • published the Interlake Weekly Observer published at Lundar; Lundar, Manitoba

  •  

  • with his father Gisli Magnusson

  • Residence:

  • 1957 (age 45-46)

  • Lundar, Manitoba20

  • Life Event:

  • Dec, 1959 (age 48)

  • Wynyard, Saskatchewan

  •  

  • moved from Lundar

  • Occupation:

  • 1959 (age 47-48)

  • typesetter; Wynyard Advance

  •  

  • Address: Wynyard, Saskatchewan

  • Occupation:

  • 1963 (age 51-52)

  • printer20

  •  

  • Address: Lundar, Manitoba

  • Occupation:

  • 1965 (age 53-54)

  • compositor; Saskatoon Star Phoenix20

  •  

  • Address: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1965 and 1975 (age 53-64)

  • composter, typesetter; Saskatoon Star Phoenix

  •  

  • Address: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

    newspaper

  • Occupation:

  • 1972 (age 60-61)

  • typesetter; Saskatoon Star Phoenix20

  •  

  • Address: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  • Occupation:

  • 1974 (age 62-63)

  • compositor; Saskatoon Star Phoenix20

  •  

  • Address: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1975 and 1983 (age 63-72)

  • Type setter; Pacific Press

  •  

  • Address: Vancouver, British Columbia

    Pacific Press published and owned the Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers

  • Life Event:

  • 1975 (age 63-64)

  • moved to

  •  

  • Address: Burnaby, British Columbia

  • Life Event:

  • 1981 (age 69-70)

  • moved to

  •  

  • Address: Abbotsford, BC

  • Death:

  • May 8, 1988 (age 76)

  • (at his home) Clearbrooke, British Columbia37

  • Burial:

  • May 12, 1988

  • Hazelwood Cemetary, Abbotsford British Columbia (officiating: Rev. Ben Taylor)37

Child 6: Aurora Rosalia Holmfridur MAGNUSSON

picture

Daughter: Aurora Rosalia Holmfridur MAGNUSSON

picture

Spouse: William Henry DAVIDSON

  • Name:

  • Aurora Rosalia Holmfridur MAGNUSSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Henry DAVIDSON (1915-1982)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 8, 1915

  • Lot 94, Range2, Gimli, Manitoba35,38

  • Residence:

  • 1916 (age 0-1)

  • Gimli village, Manitoba16

  • Baptism:

  • Sep 27, 1921 (age 6)39

  •  

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 5-6)

  • section2, Gimli, Manitoba10

  • Residence:

  • 1926 (age 10-11)

  • Manitoba17

  •  

  • Address: 2nd. Ave Gimli

  • Residence:

  • Nov, 1927 (age 12)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3

  •  

  • moved with parents

  • Residence:

  • 1931 (age 15-16)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18,19

  •  

  • Address: 565 Lipton St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1931 (age 15-16)

  • clerk grocery store; Victor L Warden18

  •  

  • Address: 630 Banning St.

    grocery store

  • Occupation:

  • 1931 (age 15-16)

  • servant, private family; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • possibly working for Susanna Christine Johanne Elisabeth Petersen her future husbands aunt at 390 Victor St.

  • Residence:

  • aft 1932 (age 16-17)

  • 390 Victor St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

  •  

  • Worked at the boarding house of Susanna Stefánsson at 390 Victor St. this is where she met her future husband

  • Residence:

  • 1937 (age 21-22)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  •  

  • Address: 569 Maryland St.

  • Residence:

  • frm 1966 to 1989 (age 50-74)

  • 2 nd Ave North Ashern, Manitoba (Lenny Gudmundsons house)

  • Residence:

  • 1967 (age 51-52)

  • Regina, Saskatchewan

  •  

  • (for a brief time)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • House wife

  • Height:

  •  

  • 5' 2'

  • Death:

  • Jul 3, 1989 (age 74)

  • Lakeshore General Hospital, Ashern, Manitoba38

  • Cremation:

  • 1989

  • Oakview Cemetary, buried with husband, Rm of Siglunes, Manitoba38

  • burial service:

  • Jul 8, 1989 (age 74)

  • Ashern Gospel Chapel, Ashern, Manitoba (Rev. J. Erickson)

Note on Husband: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON (1)

Gisli lived in Gimli until 1930 then left for Winnipeg,Viðir, Silver Bay,Ashern and Lundar, He came to Gimli in 1883 with his Parents 2 NOTE As a young man he worked for sixteen years for a general merchant. He then had his own farm implement dealership, bought fish, was a carpenter ,also was a representative of the Law firm of Heap and Heap of Winnipeg, Manitoba.He was a policeman and later a magistrate for Gimli, Mb. for 10 years. (1908) he was one of the first councilors for he Village of Gimli, Incorportated 1908

He and his father were shareholders in the first Icelandic weekly newspaper in Gimli, called the Baldur (1903-1909, Published weekly in Gimli, Manitoba, by Nokkrir Ny-Islendingar). When the building burnt down he established the Maple Leaf Printing and Publishing Co,(1910-1914) also the business published the weekly called the Grimlungur (1910-1911) and it supplement Heimilisvinurinn. Later he founded the Weekly Observer at Ashern also Lundar (May 17, 1952 - Sept. 1, 1960) and Dagrenning in Winnipeg, Mb. He and his son Marlin published a weekly paper in Lundar also.

In 1924 he established a fish box factory employing 18 people, supplying the Gimli Fisheries Company. The rough lumber was purchaced from the sawmill at Riverton, Manitoba until it burnt down.

After that he left Gimli for Winnipeg with his family and started to build homes there with his sons.

 

1901 census list for District of Selkirk: suddistrict d-2 page 3: micro film schedule T-6435 lists Magnus ( Gisli's father ) as Gudlögson aged 56 years. also living with him at the time was his son Gisli and Gisli's wife Thordys A. . Gisli's last name was stated as Gudlögson.

Note on Husband: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON (2)

1936: the Henderson's Directory for Manitoba on page 935 shows that Marlin and Emil had business called Magnusson Bros, 604 Sargent Ave., Winnipeg. Gisli P Magnusson was also with them.

Note on Husband: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON (3)

1936: Magnusson Bros. Gisli, Parmes, Emil and Marlin shown as printers (business)18

Note on Husband: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON (4)

1939: Magnusson Bros still listed but Gisli, Marlin, Emil not shown as in Winnipeg

Note on Wife: Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR

2 NOTE on August 20, 1940 Anna Thordis Magnusson was issued a card so she could vote in the Electorial District #182 of Selkirk in the Polling Division of Vidir, signed by the Deputy Registrar, Snorri Peterson.

Sources

1.

Government of Manitoba, registration of marriage. 1900-002711.

2.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1906.

3.

Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.

4.

Icelandic Census 1880.

5.

unknown, Lögberg-Heimskringla.

6.

Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.

7.

Ibid. "Iceland Baptisms, 1730-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGP6-QFV : 23 June 2020), Magnus Gudlaugsson in entry for Gisli Petur, 1880.

8.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

9.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911, (June 6 and 7). 7.

10.

Canadian Government, Canadian Census 1921.

11.

Government of Canada, Census of Canada, 1891.

12.

Gov. of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901).

13.

Government of Canada, Western Land Grants (1870-1930). C-6043. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Canada. Call Number: none.

14.

not known, Winnipeg Free Press.

15.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911, (June 6 and 7).

16.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

17.

Canadian Government, Canadian Census 1926. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Canada.

18.

Henderson's Directory, (The Henderson's Directories contain addresses of citizens and businesses dating as far back as 1905. Historical research for the directories was done by expert staff who gathered information for the various cities and regions by visiting every home and business in person. These agents would secure then name of every person who makes the city his or her home, gathering information about them pertaining to their occupation, business address and residential address.).

19.

Canadian Census 1931. 1931/Manitoba/Winnipeg South Centre/Winnipeg (City) (61) page 2.

20.

Ancestry.ca.

21.

Province of Manitoba, Amicus Web Library and Archives Canada.

22.

Linden Internet search.

23.

Government of manitoba, death registration.

24.

Government of manitoba, death registration.

25.

Government of Manitoba, Vital Statistics: Registration of birth.

26.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911.

27.

unknown, Lögberg.

28.

Linden k. Davidson, personal.

29.

Province of Manitoba, detailed birth information, (1903).

30.

Linden K. Davidson, personal note.

31.

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, Regina, Sask., file 159.015, (January 2002).

32.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1905-007058.

33.

Government of manitoba, death registration.

34.

Ibid. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1906-002957.

35.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth.

36.

winnipeg newspaper, winnipeg newspaper, (Bardal Funeral Home).

37.

Fraser Valley Funeral Services, Marlin Magnusson in Remembrance, (1988).

38.

Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.

39.

Sig Olafsson, Luthern pastor, (27, Sept. 1921).