Árni Vigfússon

ID: 2136
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1945

Árni, Margrét, Hólmfríður, her children Mae and James, and Vigfús Árni  Photo: A Century Unfolds

Árni Vigfússon: Born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1866. He died in 1945.

Spouse: 1) Ingibjörg Elisabet Guðmundsdóttir b. 1866 in the same sýsla, d. April 19, 1919 2) July 19, 1920 Margrét Elísabet Baldvinsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1879, d. 1954.

Children: 1. Guðmundur Sveinn b. April 5, 1892; d. May 9, 1917 2. Hólmfríður (Freda)  3. Vigfús Árni (Addi) b. December 25, 1896

Árni and Ingibjörg emigrated west in 1893 and immediately settled in the Geysir Settlement, naming their farm Hjarðarholt.

Margrét emigrated west to Winnipeg in 1902. She married Arngrímur J. Arngrímsson and moved with him to Minneota, Minnesota. He died there in 1911.  Margrét moved to Winnipeg with her daughter Elín Kristín.  Their son, Marvin Arngrímur, stayed in Minneota.