ID: 1881
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1929
Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir Photo FATV
Egill Jónsson Photo FATV
Egill Jónsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on May 12, 1867. He died in New Iceland on March 8, 1929. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: October 24, 1894 Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla on March 1, 1873.
Children: 1. Magnús b. July 14, 1894, d. 1962 in British Columbia 2. Guðjón b. August 8, 1896 3. Sigríður b. 1898 4. Arnís b. in Canada. A fifth child, Ragnhildur Helga, remained in Iceland.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba and spent the first winter with Jón, Egill’s brother, in the Árnes Settlement. A year later, Egill purchased his own land in the same settlement, which he named Borg. They did not move again.