ID: 6999
Date of birth : 1835
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1914
Eggert Gunnlaugsson was born on August 7, 1835 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died on January 14, 1914 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Rannveig Rögnvaldsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1849.
Children: 1. Sigtryggur b. 1873 2. Kristín Sigríður b. 1875, d. 1878 3. Drengur 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.
Eggert and Rannveig came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with young Sigtryggur in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. They took land in the Víðirnes Settlement, naming their farm Miklabæ. In 1880 they moved, taking land in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota.