ID: 14479
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Ólafur Árnason was born in 1856 in S. Múlasýsla. He took the name Austmann or Eastman in the west.
Spouse: Geirlaug Jónsdóttir b. 1849.
Children: 1. Filippus b. 1883 2. Olgeir b. 1886 3. Árni 4. María d. 1920
Ólafur and Geirlaug came west with Filippus and Olgeir in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were early homesteaders in the Spy Hill community in Saskatchewan early in the 20th century.