Margrét Árnadóttir

ID: 19481
Date of birth : 1875
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla
Date of death : 1951

Margrét Árnadóttir  Photo: Dm

Margrét Árnadóttir was born in Rangárvallasýsla in 1875. She died in New Iceland in 1951.

Spouse: Hallur Frímann Þorvarðarson b. in Dalasýsla on September 18, 1869, d. March 13, 1930 in Manitoba.

Children: 1. Hermann Ásgeir b. December 2, 1896 2. Árnína Ingibjörg b. October 4, 1898 3. Árni Ingimar b. 1900 4. Kristín Guðbjörg b. 1902 5. Ósk Victoria b. 1903 6. Bergþór Sigurður b. 1904 7. Margrét Jónína b. 1909.

They came west shortly before 1900, took land in the Geysir Settlement, and settled there in 1901. They named their farm Laufskála.