ID: 12693
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1946
Árni and Helga Photo: RbQ
Árni Jónsson: He was born at Hólsfjöllum in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1860. He died in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan in 1946.
Spouse: Helga Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1863 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Saskatchewan in 1948.
Children: 1. Laufey b. 1887 2. Jón b. 1889 3. Sigríður b. 1893 4. Guðmundur b. in N. Dakota 5. Ernest b. in N. Dakota 6. Karl (Carl) b. in Winnipegosis 7. Benedikt b. in Winnipegosis.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and from there south to N. Dakota. They moved in 1900 to Winnipegosis and then in 1907 to the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan where they took land in the Grandy district.