ID: 18799
Date of birth : 1885
Place of birth : N. Dakota
Árni Baldvin Benediktsson was born in 1885 in N. Dakota. He had the name Árni Baldvin Bardal in the west.
Spouse: May 6, 1917 Stephany Guðbjörg Stefánsdóttir b. in Markerville, Alberta on October 6, 1889, d. in Alberta on December 17, 1940. She had the name Fanny Bardal with marriage.
Children: 1. Ársæll Gestur b. January 1, 1919.
Arni was the son of Benedikt Jónsson and Sesselja Pálsdóttir who came west in 1873. He moved with them to the area near Markerville, Alberta in 1890. Árni was a farmer there. Stephany was the daughter of Stefán Guðmundsson (Stephan G Stephanson) and Helga Jónsdóttir pioneer settlers near Markerville.