Eggert Thorlacius was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1857. He died on July 3, 1934 in Hensel, N. Dakota.
Spouse: March 16, 1889 Jónína Jónasdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarssýsla in 1866, d. August 10, 1925.
Children: 1.Guðrún Lára b. December 1, 1890 2. Tómas Þorvarður b. December 13, 1892 3. Ingibjörg b. 1893 4. Margrét Ingibjörg b. October 24, 1895 5. Rannveig Sigríður b. September 18, 1897 6. Skúlína Elísabet b. September 22, 1899 7. Lára 8. William Þórður d. in childhood 9. Páll Eyjólfur b. May 4, 1903 10. Þórvör Marselína b. August 24, 1907 11. Kristín Theodora b. August 24, 1907.
Eggert came west alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886. Jónína came west to New Iceland in 1876 with her parents, Jónas Kortsson and his wife, Margrét Sveinsdóttir. Eggert and Jónína took land in the Sand Hills Settlement in N. Dakota.