Arngrímur Jónsson

ID: 14224
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1941

Arngrímur Jónsson:  Born August 5, 1849 in S. Múlasýsla.  He died in 1941. He took the name Johnson in the west.

Spouse: Jóhanna Jónsdóttir b. June 16, 1840 in S. Múlasýsla.  She died on July 3, 1945.

Children: 1. Jón J. b. 1871 2. Guðjón b. November 27, 1872 3. Þórarinn b. September 19, 1875 4. Jon b. November 3, 1876 in Minnesota. He was the first Icelandic child born in Minnesota 5. Halldór Guðjón b. January 30, 1882 in  Minnesota 6. Guðný (Winnie in the west) Julia b. July 6, 1886

They emigrated to Wisconsin in 1876 and then on to the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota the same year.