ID: 3833
Date of birth : 1848
Place of birth : Hnappadalssýsla
Árni Þórarinsson was born on February 9, 1848 in Hnappadalssýsla. He took the name Arni Thorarinsson in the west.
Spouse: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir b. in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1857.
Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1880.
Árni came west to Winnipeg in 1882 and moved on to New Iceland. He first lived for some time in Gimli, but moved after 1891 to Selkirk. Jóhanna came west with Kristjana in 1883, traveling with her father-in-law Þórarinn.