Lára and Benjamín Photo: A Century Unfolds
Lára Jakobína Árnadóttir was born in Hnappadalssýsla on February 3, 1898.
Spouse: June 22, 1939 Benjamín Ingimar Danielsson b. in Árborg, Manitoba on February 25, 1895.
Childless
Lára moved to N. Dakota in 1901, with her mother, the widow Þorbjörg Runólfsdóttir. There Þorbjörg married Magnús Jónsson Mýrdal in 1903 and they moved to Arborg in 1911. Benjamín was the son of Daníel Daníelsson and María Benjamínsdóttir, who came west in 1887. They lived on Brekka in the Árnes settlement. He grew up there and started helping with the farm at a young age. He bought land in 1913 a little north of Árborg. It turned out to be poor arable land, but grass grew well there and it was always hayed. Benjamín and Lára moved there shortly after their wedding and lived there for a long time. Benjamín worked for farmers in the settlement, including Gunnar Simundson. They then sold the land and moved west to Alberta and lived in Edmonton.