ID: 16919
Date of birth : 1906
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Eggert Ólafsson was born on August 12, 1906 in Dalasýsla.
Spouse: Louise Cowie, a Canadian.
Children: Information missing.
Eggert came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1913 with his parents, Ólafur Jónasson and Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in the Green Lake (Grunnavatn) Settlement in Manitoba. Eggert was a carpenter and lived in Transcona (now part of Winnipeg).