ID: 15374
Date of birth : 1851
Date of death : 1936
Þorgrímur Arnbjörnsson Photo: VÍÆ III
Þorgrímur Arnbjörnsson was born in S. Múlasýsla on June 29, 1851. He died in Seattle on January 21, 1936.
Spouse: January 8, 1886 Solveig Halldórsdóttir b. May 23, 1860 in S. Múlasýsla, d. May 5, 1939 in Seattle.
Children: 1. Þóra b. in Michigan in the United States on October 21, 1886.
Þorgrím worked in construction, first in Denmark for two years, then in the United States for four years. He went home to Iceland where he married Solveig on January 8, 1886. The same year they came west to Grayling, Michigan where Þorgrímur worked as a carpenter for seventeen years. They moved from there in 1904 to Seattle, Washington, where they lived thereafter.