ID: 19077
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1953
Árni Jónsson: Born in Dalasýsla on August 23, 1873. He died in 1953.
Spouse: Hólmfríður Gísladóttir born in Dalasýsla in 1873. She died in 1905.
Children: 1) Hólmfríður b. 1905 2) Sigurveig b. 1905; d. 1930 (twins)
Árni traveled with Sigurður Sigurðsson and Margrét Einarsdóttir when they came west in 1883. He was with them the first years, living in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan until 1905 when he moved east to the Argyle Settlement and lived near Markús Jónsson. They later moved to Baldur and ended his days at Betel Home in Gimli. Hólmfríður came west with her widowed mother, Sigríður Bjarnadóttir, and sisters in 1893 and settled in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. Hólmfríður died after childbirth 1905.