ID: 10647
Date of birth : 1856
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1922
Tryggvi Kristjánsson was born in 1856 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota in 1922.
Spouse: Aðalbjörg Bjarnadóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on July 1, 1854, d. January 20, 1924 in the Garðar Settlement.
Children: 1. Rósa b. 1880 2. Kristján b. 1886, d. 1905 in N. Dakota. Two other sons died in Iceland.
They emigrated west to N. Dakota in 1889, Tryggvi’s parents, Kristján Jónsson and Guðrún Jónsdóttir, traveled with them. Tryggvi and Aðalbjörg first lived in Cashel, moved to Grafton, and ended in the Garðar Settlement. Most of the time was spent farming, but they later moved to the village of Garðar.