ID: 9277
Date of birth : 1883
Helgi Árnason was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on December 27, 1883.
Spouse: Dorothy Dennesen b. May 15, 1883, d. August 2, 1948, of Danish descent
Children: 1. Pétur b. 1909, d. in Vancouver, January 29, 1953 2. Albert Sigurður b. 1910 3. Einar Björgvin b. July 19, 1912.
Helgi’s parents were Indriði Albert Jónsson and Björg Jónasdóttir, farmers in the Árnes settlement. They came west to Manitoba in 1889 and Helgi came with them. He lived in the Lundar settlement but later moved to Gimli.