ID: 2377
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Sigurður Árnason and his five children. Photo: SÍND
Sigurður Árnason was born in 1830 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: 1) Ragnheiður Egilsdóttir, they divorced 2) Karítas Ólafsdóttir b. 1846 in Húnavatnssýsla.
Children: They had eight children; information about them is needed.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. Coming west with them was Guðmundur Einarsson, foster child, b. 1871. They made their way to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota where they lived until 1888 when they moved to the village of Markerville, Alberta.