ID: 1086
Date of birth : 1881
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Ágúst S Eyjólfsson Photo: Laugardalsætt
Ágúst Samúel Eyjólfsson was born on August 19, 1887 in Árnessýsla. He died in Manitoba on June 1, 1970. He had the name Agust S. Eyolfson in the west.
Spouse: Guðrún Grímsdóttir b. January 6, 1889
Children: 1. Guðmundur 2. Emil 3. Verma 4. Gunnar 5. Laufey. Three others died in childhood.
Ágúst came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1901 (Canadian army says 1902) and lived in the west for several years. He returned to Iceland probably to collect his wife, as Guðrún came west in 1910.
They got married a little later and started farming on Ólaf Ólafsson’s land, which was a short distance south of the Big Point settlement. He later bought land in the settlement and lived there.