Aðalbjörg Bjarnadóttir

ID: 10648
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1924

Aðalbjörg Bjarnadóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on July 1, 1854. She died on January 20, 1924 in Garðar Settlement.

Spouse: Tryggvi Kristjánsson b. in 1856 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in N. Dakota in 1922.

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.