Helgi Daníelsson Photo: VÍÆ I
Helgi Daníelsson was born in the Árnes settlement on September 24, 1891.
Spouse: February 17, 1917 Jónína Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. in Hensel, N. Dakota on March 2, 1895.
Children: 1. Jónína Guðrún Ingibjörg b. June 15, 1918 2. Sigurlína Hólmfríður b. November 16, 1920 3. Marvin Daniel b. January 17, 1921 4. Lilja Steinunn Sigurrós b. May 8, 1932.
Helgi was the son of Daníel Daníelsson and María Ingibjörg, who came west in 1887 and settled in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland. He grew as tall as the grass there and later became a fisherman on Lake Winnipeg and also farmed near Gimli. Jónína’s parents, Jón Guðmundsson and Jónína Guðrún Símonardóttir, came west in 1884 and took land in N. Dakota the same year. They moved north to the Geysir settlement in 1902 where they lived a long time.