ID: 19068
Single parent
Date of birth : 1872
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1963
Margrét Árnadóttir and Guðrún Elísabet Jónsdóttir Photo: A Century Unfolds
Margrét Árnadóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1872. She died in 1963. She took her foster father’s last name, Hannesson, in the west.
Spouse: Unmarried, but was a housekeeper for Martein Jónsson in the Framnes Settlement and had son Carl with him.
Children: 1. Guðrún Elísabet (Betty) Jónsdóttir b. 1905. 2. Carl
Margrét came west in 1905 with her daughter who was a few months old. They went directly to Winnipeg.