ID: 3273
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1934
Back row: Jóhanna Helga, Óskar, Herdís, Guðrún, Hólmfríður. Front Row: Eiríkur, Anna Helga, Guðlaug (Laura) Guðlaug and Helgi. Photo PaB
Eiríkur Eiríksson was born on July 28, 1861 in Mýrasýsla. He died on February 19, 1934.
Spouse: Guðlaug Helgadóttir b. December 26, 1857, d. November 1, 1927.
Children: 1. Herdís b. 30. ágúst, 1886 2. Guðrún b. 14. júlí, 1889 3. Eiríkur Óskar 4. Hólmfríður b. 28. febrúar, 1894, d. 26. febrúar, 1935 5. Jóhanna Helga 6. Anna Helga b. 15. maí, 1897 7. Guðlaug 8. Helgi.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1890 and settled in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. Eiríkur took land there in 1895, naming it Kárastaður because it was quite windy there.