ID: 7000
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Rannveig Rögnvaldsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1849.
Spouse: Eggert Gunnlaugsson b. August 7, 1835 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. January 14, 1914 in N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Sigtryggur b. 1873 2. Kristín Sigríður b. 1875, d. 1878 3. Son b. 1877, d. 1877 4. Karl Vilhjálmur b. 1878 5. Jón b. 1879, d. 1951 6. Þórstína Sigríður b. 1883, d. 1951 7. Gunnlaugur Bjarni (G. B. Gunlogson) b. June 10, 1887 8. Ingibjörg Ruth b. 1890.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with their son Sigtryggur in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. They took land in the Víðirnes Settlement and named it Miklabæ. They moved from there in 1880 and took land in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota.