Skúli Árnason and Guðrún Hafliðadóttir Photo Brot
Skúli Árnason: Born at Sigurðarstöðum at Melrakkaslétta in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1851. Died in 1932.
Spouse: 1) Sigríður Erlendsdóttir b. 1852 in Gullbringusýsla, died in 1881. 2) Margrét Sigþrúður Árnadóttir b. 1847 in Skagafjarðarsýsla 3) Guðrún Hafliðadóttir born in Mýrasýsla in 1861. Died in 1937.
Children: With first wife: 1) Lára 2) Guðný 3) Hannes. With second wife: 1) Jóhanna 2) Hjalti 3) Jón d. 1920 4) Karl. With third wife: 1) Valdimar 2) Sigríður 3) Marta 4) Albert 5) Veiga 6) Hilda 7) Fjóla
Skúli came west with his twin brother Halldór in 1873. They first settled in Parry Sound and Collingwood in Ontario and then moved to Wisconsin in 1874 and worked with the farmers there until 1876. The brothers took land in New Iceland in 1876 and called their farm Bræðraborg. They later moved to Dvergasteini. Skúli moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1881 and his brother joined him until 1901. Skúli moved to Winnipeg in 1914.
Sigríður Erlendsdóttir came west with Jón Bjarnason and his wife Lára in 1873 and went with them to Wisconsin. Séra Jón married Skúli and Sigríður in Minneapolis in 1876. Margrét Sigþrúður Árnadóttir was the sister of Jón Júlíus Árnason in the Hóla Settlement. Their mother was Margrét Jónsdóttir.