of North Dakota · from Iceland · documented from the public record
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Arni Arnason b. 1850
parentsArni Thorgrimsson & Thorun Jonsdattir
Arni Arnason⚭ Minnie G. Baldwin
childrenRichard B. Arnason · Thornun Arnason
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900)
Their story
What the record says
Born April 10, 1850, in Iceland.
Fifth of nine children of Arni and Thorun (Jonsdattir) Thorgrimsson.
Farmer and general business man in Park township, Pembina county, North Dakota.
Came to Dakota fall 1882, joining his mother who homesteaded in Park township.
Took adjoining tract.
Married 1891.
Lutheran.
Democrat.
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