ID: 3880
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Egill Guðbrandsson was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1830.
Spouse: Salóme Þórhallsdóttir b. 1842 in Snæfellsnessýsla.
Children: 1. Matthías Stefán b. 1865 2. Magnús Kristján b. 1868 3. Þórunn b. 1870 4. Kristný b. 1875.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in Mikley. There Egill built a house on the land Melstaðir and named it Egilsstaðir. They moved to Winnipeg in 1882 and settled southeast of the city.