Pétur Árnason, Hólmfríður Jóhannesdóttir with Elín, Friðrika and Vilborg. Mynd IRS
Pétur Árnason was born on December 7, 1836 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in New Iceland on October 25, 1917.
Spouse: 1) Friðrika Björnsdóttir b. July 28, 1848, d. August 8, 1884 2) 1888 Hólmfríður Jóhannesdóttir b. March 10, 1838 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. April 14, 1922.
Children: With Friðrika: 1) Elín Gytta b. 1870 2) Guðrún María b. 1874 3) Árni Björn b. 1875. Died from smallpox 4) Gytte Elín b. July 22, 1877 5) Vilborg (Borga) b. June 30, 1879 6) Lovísa Benedikta b. January 8, 1881, d. October 30, 1903 in N. Dakota 7) Guðrún Sigurbjörg b. January 12, 1883 8) Friðrika b. July 19, 1884. Hólmfríður married Halldór Pétursson in 1858 and they had a daughter Elín Guðrún, who went west in 1881.
Pétur and Friðrika came west to New Iceland in 1876 and lived there the whole time. Hólmfríður came west in 1874 and was Pétur’s maid in New Iceland after Friðrika died in 1884, before they married.