ID: 19112
Born west
Place of birth : Akrabyggð
Tryggvi Ólafsson was born in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: Málmfríður Benjamínsdóttir b. in Winnipeg.
Children: 1. Jónína Þuríður 2. Margrét Stefanía 3. Harald Edvin
Tryggvi was the son of Ólafur Árnason and Margrét Halldórsdóttir who came west and settled in New Iceland in 1876 and later moved to N. Dakota. Málmfríður was the daughter of Benjamín Jónsson and Þuríðar Jónsdóttir who came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1890. Málmfríður was born there. Tryggvi took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1918.