Sigurður G. Árnason Photo: VIÆ IV
Sigríður Jónsdóttir Freeman Photo: VIÆ IV
Sigurður Guðni Árnason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 29, 1868. He died on April 15, 1947 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: December 1, 1901 Sigríður Lára Jónsdóttir (Freeman) b. in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota on December 2, 1883.
Children: 1. Jóna Helga Jakobína b. September 21, 1902 2. Guðrún Sigríður b. July 29, 1904 3. Ragnheiður Jóhanna b. December 28, 1906 4. Guðmundur b. September 7, 1908 5. Ágúst Kristinn Ingimar b. October 3, 1910 6. Guðfinna Fjóla b. February 11, 1912 7. Hjartfríður Lilja b. December 16, 1914 8. Sigurrós Unnur b. December 15, 1916 9. Ólafur b. June 19, 1919 10. William b. August 18, 1921 d. November 4, 1961.
Sigurður came west alone across the sea in 1888 and first lived a short time in Winnipeg, Manitoba before moving to N. Dakota. He was a farmer in Upham in 1901 and lived on his land until 1924 when they moved to the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan and settled in Wynyard. Life’s road led them back to N. Dakota in 1942. Sigríður Lára was the daughter of the couple Jón Jónsson Freeman and Helga Jakobína Ólafsdóttir.