ID: 8805
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1918
Jóhann Árnason, Soffía Abrahamsdóttir, two children and foster son Photo FLNÍ
Jóhann Pétur Árnason was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1850. He died in the Árnes Settlement on August 13, 1918.
Spouse: 1878 Dóróthea Abrahamsdóttir b. Eyjafjarðarsýsla June 28, 1857, d. April 17, 1926.
Children: 1. María Friðrika b. December 22, 1857, d. January 30, 1951 2. Jóhann Vilhjálmur b. October 3, 1885, d. December 5, 1964 3. Guðjón Valdimar b. February 25, 1891.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and settled in New Iceland. They lived with friends for three years before settling on the farm Espihól in the Árnes Settlement.