ID: 1300
Date of birth : 1848
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1937
Grave of Árni and Halldóra on Washington Island Photo: JÞ
Árni Guðmundsen was born on February 2, 1848 at Eyrarbakka in Árnessýsla. He died on Washington Island in 1937. He took the name Gudmundsen in the west.
Spouse: Halldóra Magnúsdóttir b. May 14, 1854, d. in 1893.
Children: 1. Guðný Anna (Annie) b. 1878, d. 1910 2. Jóhanna Andrea J. b. 1879, d. 1887 3. Margrét Sigríður (Maggie) b. 1881 4. Lára Michelina (Lillie) b. 1883 5. Þórður (Ted) b. 1885, d. 1951 6. Magnús (Mac) b. 1887, d. 1967 7. Paul b. 1890, d. 1917 8. Jóhann Andreas (John) b. 1891 9. Halldór Árni b. 1893.
Árni was the son of Þórðar Guðmundsen Kammerráð and emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1872. From there, the road led him to Washington Island where he remained.