ID: 8084
Date of birth : 1872
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1954
Svanhildur Sigurbjörnsdóttir b. August 24, 1872 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died on July 12, 1954 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Eggert Sigurgeirsson b. February 8, 1871 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in the Siglunes Settlement in Manitoba on February 5, 1937.
Child: 1. Sigurbjörn b. September 11, 1895, d. August 15, 1977 2. Jóhann Magnús b. 1899 3. Sigríður 4. Guðbjörg b. July 5, 1905 5. Davíð b. May 1, 1911.
They came west across the sea in 1906 to Manitoba and took land they named Siglunes. Eggert was involved in aquaculture and fishing.