Árni Bjarnarson

ID: 9461
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1947

Árni Björnsson and Solveig Jonsdóttir Photo A Century Unfolds

Árni Bjarnarson:  Born at Hrauney at Mývatn in 1869. (Recorded as Bjarnason in A Century Unfolds). Died in 1947

Spouse: Solveig Jónsdóttir b. Skútustöðum 1869. Died in 1958.

Children: 1) Sigríður María b. 1899. Died in 1911 2) Sólveig b. January 28, 1897 3) Sigríður María

They came west in 1893 and settled in Selkirk, MB, living there 11 years before moving to New Iceland.  They took land in 1904 in the Framness and Ardals Settlement.