ID: 5544
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1916
Jóhann Árnason was born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 19, 1845. He died in 1916 in Blaine, Washington.
Spouse: 1) Guðfinna Gísladóttir b. 1829. 2) Elísabet Jónsdóttir b. 1853, d. in Blaine in 1911.
Children: Jóhann had Gústaf Líndal b. 1880 with Guðfinna Bjarni b. 1863.
Jóhann came west in 1883 to Winnipeg, Manitoba then moved south to the Pembina settlement in N. Dakota. There he lost his wife and married a second time. He bought land near “Öldunni” and lived there for a few years, then moved to Blaine, Washington.