ID: 17232
Date of birth : 1856
Date of death : 1924
Eggert Arason was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 14, 1856. He died in New Iceland in 1924.
Spouse: June 20, 1885 Sigurlína Jónasdóttir b. May 1, 1867 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. September 25, 1911.
Children: 1. Jónas Óli b. 1885 2. Þorsteinn Grímur b. 1885 3. Sigurður Ari b. 1888 4. Ingibjörg Elina b. 1890, d. 1890 5. Oddleifur b. 1890 6. Jóhann Godfred b. 1893, d. 1961 7. Elín b. September 9, 1896, d. 1975 8. Jónasína b. 1900, d. 1983 9. Eggert b. 1902 10. Judith Ingibjörg b. 1905.
They came to the West after 1890 and settled in the Icelandic settlement in N. Dakota. From there they went north to New Iceland before 1897 and Eggert took land a short distance from Gimli.