Gunnlaugur Árnason Photo: Almanak 1938
Gunnlaugur Árnason was born in N. Múlasýsla on May 21, 1876.
Spouse: 1) May 12, 1906 Jóhanna Sigríður Þórðardóttir b. June 8, 1886, d. April 7, 1918. 2) February 5, 1927 in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Guðný Jónsdóttir b. April 13, 1899.
Children: With Jóhanna: 1. Sigrún Elísabet b. in the Brown Settlement on July 28, 1907 2. Steinþór Árni b. in Elfros in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on March 22. 1911 3. Stefán Albert b. in Elfros on July 8, 1913 4. Karl Jónas b. January 1, 1917. With Guðný: 1. Valtýr b. March 5, 1928 2. Kristjana Signý b. March 24, 1929.
Gunnlaugur came west in 1892 with his parents, Árni Sigurðsson and Kristjana S. Stefánsdóttir. They settled in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota but then moved to the Brown Settlement in Manitoba in 1899 and there Gunnlaugur took land. He lived there until 1910, then sold his land and moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Jóhanna Sigríður was born in Manitoba, the daughter of Þórður Þorsteinsson, a farmer in Argyle, and his wife Elísabet. Guðný was the daughter of Jón Magnússon and Kristín Hannesardóttir in Árnessýsla. She came west after 1910.