ID: 9831
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Árni Andrésson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1842.
Spouse: Sigríður Albína Árnadóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1845.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1874 2. Þorsteinn b. 1875.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. They took land in the Árnes Settlement, naming their land Árnastaðir. They later moved to Víðidalstunga in the same settlement. They moved east of Lake Winnipeg and settled at Sandy River where they spent some time before finally settling in Poplar Park south of Lake Winnipeg.