Alexander Árnason

ID: 6515
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : Dalasýsla

Bjarni Alexandersson emigrated west to his parents in 1909. Photo FLNÍ

Oddný Kristjánsdóttir Photo FLNÍ

Alexander Árnason was born in Dalasýsla on August 28, 1866.

Spouse: 1897 Oddný Kristjánsdóttir b. 1861 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.

Children: 1. Jóhanna b. 1890 2. Bjarni b. 1891 3. Lára Sigurlín b. 1899 4. Kristín Sigurlaug b. 1900 5. Ingibjörg 6. Sigríður 7. Helga, Sigríður’s twin sister 8. Þorgrímur.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and then on to the Víðirnes Settlement in New Iceland a year later.