Sigurbjörn Eggertsson Photo: VÍÆ I
Sigurbjörn Eggertsson was born on September 11, 1895 at Fagraskógar in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 15, 1977.
Spouse: 1) March 28, 1924 Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. August 25, 1896 d. March 1963 2) 1965 Hildur Árnadóttir b. May 17, 1990, d. 1975.
Children: With Ingibjörg: 1. Björn b. September 24, 1928.
Sigurbjörn grew up at Fagraskógar with his peer, Davíð Stefánsson, who later became one of Iceland’s most beloved poets. He came west by sea in 1906 with his parents, Eggert Sigurgeirsson and Svanhildur Sigurbjörnsdóttir. They farmed in the Siglunes Settlement in Manitoba and Sigurbjörn lived there for the first few years. He attended trade school in Winnipeg and became a shopkeeper in the city from 1915 to 1921. Together with Jón Bergman, he bought an old shophouse in Vogar, Manitoba and started his own shop. He worked at the store the rest of his life. Ingibjörg was the daughter of Jón Jónsson from Sledbrjót in N. Múlasýsla and his wife, Guðrún Jónsdóttir. They came to the West in 1903.