ID: 19288
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : Reykjavík
Date of death : 1967
Jón Þorkell Árnason was born in Reykjavík in 1888. He died in Oak Point, Manitoba in 1967.
Spouse: 1921 Helga Jónasdóttir b. November 23, 1895.
Children: 1. Anna b. 1921.
Jón came west to Manitoba in 1911 and worked with Helgi Einarsson in Steep Rock in northern Lake Manitoba. Helga came there and lived with her sister Halldóra and her husband, Sigurður Þorsteinsson. Jón and Helga moved to Oak Point on the east side of Lake Manitoba.