ID: 7552
Date of birth : 1851
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1898
Árni Jónsson was born in 1851 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg on April 14, 1898. He took the last name Johnston in the west.
Spouse: Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1851.
Children: 1. Ingólfína b. 1879 2. Jónína b. 1880 3. Vilhjálmur b. October 31, 1887, d. August 6, 1961 4. Ólína b. in Winnipeg ca. 1890.
Guðrún emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with the three children; Árni arrived there a year later. They lived in Winnipeg, but after Árni died, Guðrún settled in the Árdals Settlement near Arborg.