Árni Friðbjörnsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on August 27, 1866. He died in Grafton, ND on May 15, 1945. He took the last name Bjornson in the west.
Spouse: December 30, 1887 Guðrún Magnúsdóttir born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla November 30, 1864. She died in Mountain, N. Dakota on May 16, 1949. She took the last name Bjornson in the west.
Children: 1. Anna Sigríður b. 1889, d. at 3 months of age 2. Anna b. March 24, 1890 3. Friðbjörn b. May 3, 1892 4. Sigurður b. November 18, 1893 5. Valdimar b. 1896 6. Þorlákur Vilhelm b. 1899 7. Sigríður b. 1901, d. 1929 8. Margrét Fjóla b. 1907, d. 1927.
Árni came west to Ontario with his parents, Friðbjörn Björnsson and Anna S. Árnadóttir, in 1873. They moved to New Iceland in 1875 and then to Mountain, N. Dakota in 1880. Árni lived there the rest of his life. Guðrún came west in 1876 to New Iceland with her mother, Sigríður Magnúsdóttir, and her stepfather, Jóhann K. Björnsson. They moved south to N. Dakota in 1881.