Educator.
Born in the Rural Municipality of Dauphin on 28 May 1903, son of Sveinbjorn Arnason (1869-1931) and Maria Bjarnadottir (1870-1956), brother of Ingolfur Gilbert Arnason, his family moved to Winnipeg when he was young. He was the Principal of Ralph Brown School (1946-1950) and Principal Sparling School (1950-1954). He was married twice, first on 24 August 1927 to Zora Ellen Torrey (1906-2004). They had two children before divorcing: Terry Angantyr Arnason (c1931-2017) and Arlene Arnason (1935-2002, wife of Donald A. Young). His second wife, married on 7 April 1955, was Elsabet Gudrun Petursson (1904-1989). He died at North Vancouver, British Columbia on 31 March 1982.
Birth registration [Terry Angantyr Arnason], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Terry Angantyr Arnason, Zora Ellen Torrey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 April 1982, page 43.
Death registrations [Terry Angantyr Arnason, Elsabet Gudrun Arnason], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Angantyr "Terry" Arnason, FamilySearch.
Obituary [Arlene Arnason], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 February 2002.
Obituary [Zora Ellen Walters], The Globe and Mail, 17 April 2004.
Obituary [Terry Arnason], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 January 2017.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 February 2025
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