ID: 19181
Born west
Date of birth : 1885
Place of birth : Lincolnbyggð
Date of death : 1930
María Árnadóttir was born in the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota on December 23, 1885. She died on October 12, 1930 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Guðbrandur Einarsson b. in Winnipeg on March 6, 1889. He was known as Goodie Einarson in the west.
Children: 1. Henry John 2. Pauline Evelyn 3. Emily 4. Robert Lloyd.
Guðbrandur was the son of Einar Einarsson and Soffía Guðbrandsdóttir of Dalasýsla, while María was the daughter of Árni Sigvaldason and Guðrún Aradóttir, who were early settlers in the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota in 1878. Guðbrandur was a farmer in the Suður-Cypress Settlement from 1917 – 1934, but moved from there to Argyle. His mother, Soffía, lived with the couple in her later years.