ID: 2305
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1923
Árni Jónsson and Helga Jónsdóttir Photo: WtW
Árni Jónsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1842. He died in the Lundar Settlement in 1923. He took the last name Reykdal in the west.
Spouse: Helga Jónsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1834, d. 1916.
Children: 1. Kristín b. 1875 2. Páll b. July 3, 1878. Helga had two sons from her first marriage who came west: 1. Jón b. August 24, 1857, d. 1927 2. Þorvaldur b. 1864. All children took the last name Reykdal in the west.
Árni and Helga came west with their two children Kristín and Páll in 1887. They moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and lived there until 1889 when they moved to the Lundar Settlement.