ID: 19482
Date of birth : 1848
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1920
Árni Egilsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 14, 1848. He died in Lundar, Manitoba on September 1, 1920.
Spouse: 1874 Sigríður Björnsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on April 11, 1853, d. January 31, 1935.
Children: 1. Björn b. in 1875 2. Helga b. November 12, 1877 in Mikley 3. Árni b. January 3, 1880, died young 4. Herdís 5. Egilsína (Ollie) 5. Rósbjörg (Rósa or Bertha) 6. Sigríður 7. Sigurbjörg 8. Sybil.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and traveled directly north to Mikley. They lived there until 1901 and moved to the Icelandic River Settlement (Riverton) when Lake Winnipeg flooded. From there, they moved to the Lundar Settlement in 1904.