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Family of Árni EGGERTSSON and Oddný Jónína JAKOBSDÓTTIR

Husband: Árni EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Árni EGGERTSSON1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Eggert JÓNSSON (1837-1897)

  • Mother:

  • Sigríður JÓNSDÓTTIR (1837-1906)

  • Birth:

  • May 8, 1873

  • Stafholtssókn, Mýrasýsla, Iceland2,3

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 6-7)

  • Tandrasel, Stafholtssókn, Mýrasýsla, Iceland4

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • real estate salesman in Winnipeg. Manitoba

  • Emigration:

  • 1887 (age 13-14)

  • from Hrafnabjörg fremri, Hörðudalshreppi, Dalasýsla, Iceland to Vesturheims (Canada)

  • Occupation:

  • 1916 (age 42-43)

  • real estate agent; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Fasteignasali, stórkaupmaður og stjórnmálamaður (Real estate agent, big businessman and politician); Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 47-48)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada5

  •  

  • Address: 766 Victor St.

  • Occupation:

  • 1921 (age 47-48)

  • real estate agent; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Death:

  • Feb 12, 1942 (age 68)

  • Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,6

  • Burial:

  • 1942

  • Brookside Cemetery, plot F-0207-4-0, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Wife: Oddný Jónína JAKOBSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Oddný Jónína JAKOBSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Feb 24, 1874

  • Rauf, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 5-6)

  • Rauf, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland7

  • Emigration:

  • 1884 (age 9-10)

  • from Rauf, Húsavíkurhreppi, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland to Vesturheims (Canada)

  • Death:

  • Jan 21, 1918 (age 43)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada6

  • Cause of death:

  • Jan 21, 1918 (age 43)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Died of childbirth after the birth of the 7th child. (Dó af barnsförum eftir fæðingu 7. barnsins.)

Child 1: Arni Gudni EGGERTSON

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Son: Arni Gudni EGGERTSON

  • Name:

  • Arni Gudni EGGERTSON8

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Maja Guðjohnsen LAXDAL (1898-1967)

  • Birth:

  • Jan 10, 1896

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,9

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • lawyer

  • Education:

  • 1921 (age 24-25)

  • school; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Education:

  • 1921 (age 24-25)

  • University of Manitoba, LLB (lawer); Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Death:

  • Mar 7, 1969 (age 73)

  • Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba3

  • Burial:

  • 1969

  • Brookside Cemetery Plot: F-0207-2 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Child 2: Sigurbjorg Thelma EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Sigurbjorg Thelma EGGERTSSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Arthur Nelson MARLATT (1900-1935)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 10, 1901

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,10

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 0)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 4-5)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 9-10)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1916 (age 14-15)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 19-20)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Address: 766 Victor St.

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • unknown

Child 3: Eggert Grettir EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Eggert Grettir EGGERTSSON11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Lorna Irene WIEDENMAN (1912-2009)

  • Birth:

  • Feb 9, 1903

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,12

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 17-18)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Address: 766 Victor St.

  • Education:

  • 1925 (age 21-22)

  • University of Manitoba, B A of Science Electrical Engineering; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Death:

  • Jan 3, 1984 (age 80)

  • Misericordia Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Burial:

  • 1984

  • Brookside Cemetery, plot C-0118-0, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Child 4: Egill Ragnar EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Egill Ragnar EGGERTSSON13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Ann CIUKALOI (1908-1992)

  • Birth:

  • Mar 11, 1906

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,14

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 14-15)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Address: 766 Victor St.

  • Residence:

  • 1961 (age 54-55)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Address: 277 Lindsay St.

  • Death:

  • Apr 28, 1961 (age 55)

  • Misericordia Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba15

  • Burial:

  • 1961

  • Brookside Cemetery, plot F-0206-3, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Child 5: Sigurdur Hjalti EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Sigurdur Hjalti EGGERTSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Dec 10, 1907

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,16

  • Residence:

  • 1921 (age 13-14)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Address: 766 Victor St.

  • Residence:

  • 1931 (age 23-24)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada17

  •  

  • Address: 766 Victor St.

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • unknown

  • Burial:

  •  

  •  

Child 6: Sigríður EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Sigríður EGGERTSSON18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Jul 30, 1910

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba3,19

  • Death:

  • Aug 16, 1914 (age 4)

  • RM of Gimli, Manitoba3,20

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Brookside Cemetery, F-0206-0, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Child 7: Oddný Ólafía EGGERTSSON

  • Name:

  • Oddný Ólafía EGGERTSSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Jan 20, 1918

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,21

  • Death:

  • Jun 7, 1920 (age 2)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada15,22

Note on Husband: Árni EGGERTSSON

Broker and developer.

Born at Frodhus, Iceland on 8 May 1873, son of Eggert Jonsson and Sigridur Jonsdottir, he came to Winnipeg as a boy, in 1887. He was educated at public schools and put himself through business college by working as a bellboy in the Queen’s Hotel. He then became a bookkeeper for the Wilson Furniture Company . He later worked as an accountant for the Robert Leckie Company and the De Laval Separator.

In 1902, he started a real estate and insurance business and, through the years, partnered at various times with W. H. Paulson and Jon Jonsson Bildfell . He was Vice-President of the National Security Company, and a Director of the Winnipeg Fire Insurance Company and the Icelandic Steamship Company. A staunch supporter of progress in his homeland, he played at pivitol role in the founding and management of the Steamship Company of Iceland ( Eimskipafélag Íslands ).

He served as a Winnipeg City Alderman (1907-1908), a member of the Parks Board (1908), Exhibition Board (1908), and Winnipeg General Hospital board (1907). He was President of the Icelandic Liberal Association, general executive of the Liberal Association (1910), and Chairman of the City Power Committee (1908). He was a candidate in the May 1913 provincial by-election and 1922 provincial general election .

On 5 April 1895, he married Oddny Jonina Jacobsdottir (1874-1918) of Winnipeg and they had six children: Arni Gudni Eggertson , Sigurbjorg Thelma Eggertson (1901-?, wife of Arthur Nelson Marlatt), Egert Grettir Eggertson (1903-?), Ragnar Eggertson (1906-?), Sigurdur Hjalti Eggertson (1907-?), and Sigridur Eggertson (1910-?). On 8 August 1924, he married Thorey Sigurdaardottir Jonasson (?-?) and they had three children: Erlingur Kari Eggertson (1929-1995), Gunnar Eggertson, and Asta Eggertson. In 1934, the family lived at 120 Emily Street and, at the time of his death, at 766 Victor Street. He enjoyed gymnastic sports and was a member of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg , Liberal party, and Lutheran church.

He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 12 February 1942 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery .

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

 

 

Building • Location • Year • Status

Genoa Court • 518 Maryland Street, Winnipeg • 1911 •

Thelma Apartments • 272 Home Street, Winnipeg • 1914 •

Eggertson Apartments • 429 Qu'Appelle Street, Winnipeg • 1928 •

Fleetwood Apartments • 129 Lenore Street, Winnipeg • 1929 •

Broker and developer.

Born at Frodhus, Iceland on 8 May 1873, son of Eggert Jonsson and Sigridur Jonsdottir, he came to Winnipeg as a boy, in 1887. He was educated at public schools and put himself through business college by working as a bellboy in the Queen’s Hotel. He then became a bookkeeper for the Wilson Furniture Company . He later worked as an accountant for the Robert Leckie Company and the De Laval Separator.

In 1902, he started a real estate and insurance business and, through the years, partnered at various times with W. H. Paulson and Jon Jonsson Bildfell . He was Vice-President of the National Security Company, and a Director of the Winnipeg Fire Insurance Company and the Icelandic Steamship Company. A staunch supporter of progress in his homeland, he played at pivitol role in the founding and management of the Steamship Company of Iceland ( Eimskipafélag Íslands ).

He served as a Winnipeg City Alderman (1907-1908), a member of the Parks Board (1908), Exhibition Board (1908), and Winnipeg General Hospital board (1907). He was President of the Icelandic Liberal Association, general executive of the Liberal Association (1910), and Chairman of the City Power Committee (1908). He was a candidate in the May 1913 provincial by-election and 1922 provincial general election .

On 5 April 1895, he married Oddny Jonina Jacobsdottir (1874-1918) of Winnipeg and they had six children: Arni Gudni Eggertson , Sigurbjorg Thelma Eggertson (1901-?, wife of Arthur Nelson Marlatt), Egert Grettir Eggertson (1903-?), Ragnar Eggertson (1906-?), Sigurdur Hjalti Eggertson (1907-?), and Sigridur Eggertson (1910-?). On 8 August 1924, he married Thorey Sigurdaardottir Jonasson (?-?) and they had three children: Erlingur Kari Eggertson (1929-1995), Gunnar Eggertson, and Asta Eggertson. In 1934, the family lived at 120 Emily Street and, at the time of his death, at 766 Victor Street. He enjoyed gymnastic sports and was a member of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg , Liberal party, and Lutheran church.

He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 12 February 1942 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery .

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

 

 

Building • Location • Year • Status

Genoa Court • 518 Maryland Street, Winnipeg • 1911 •

Thelma Apartments • 272 Home Street, Winnipeg • 1914 •

Eggertson Apartments • 429 Qu'Appelle Street, Winnipeg • 1928 •

Fleetwood Apartments • 129 Lenore Street, Winnipeg • 1929 •

Note on Wife: Oddný Jónína JAKOBSDÓTTIR

Dó af barnsförum eftir fæðingu 7. barnsins.

Sources

1.

https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111435102/arni_eggertson.

2.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth date.

3.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

4.

Icelandic Census 1880.

5.

Canadian Government, Canadian Census 1921. 1921/Manitoba/Winnipeg Centre/Winnipeg (City) - Ward 2 (23).

6.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. death date.

7.

Icelandic Census 1880. Rauf, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla.

8.

https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111435101/arni_gudni_arnason_eggertson.

9.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1896-003421.

10.

Ibid. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1901-003441.

11.

https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111435110/eggert-grettir-eggertson.

12.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1903-004665.

13.

https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111435108/egill_ragnar_eggertson.

14.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1906-007118.

15.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb. Deildartunguætt.

16.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1907-18011068.

17.

Canadian Census 1931. 1931/Manitoba/Winnipeg North Centre/Winnipeg (City) (30).

18.

https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111435128/sigridur_eggertson.

19.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1911-010417.

20.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1914-118276.

21.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1918-001473.

22.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1920-038080.