ID: 7566
Date of birth : 1887
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1961
Vilhjálmur Árnason: Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 31, 1887. He died in Arborg on August 6, 1961. He took the name Johnson in the west.
Spouse: 1912 Solveig Jónsdóttir, daughter of Jón at Húsafell in the Fljóts Settlement, born on the way to their Western Home on July 13, 1887, d. 1955.
Children: 1. Jónína Guðríður Arnrún b. October 30, 1912 2. Guðni Vilhjálmur Kristinn b. May 16, 1915 3. Ólafur Árni b. October 16, 1917 4. Frederick Charles b. April 28, 1923.
He came west in 1888 with his mother, Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir, and sister Ingólfína. His father Árni emigrated a year later. They lived in Winnipeg until Árni died, and then moved to the Ardals Settlement and Guðrún took land there. Vilhjálmur and Solveig lived in Riverton.