ID: 4980
Date of birth : 1896
Place of birth : Ísafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1918
Halldór Tryggvi Kristjánsson was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1896. He died in Winnipeg on December 18, 1918. He was registered with the last name Johnson in the west.
Unmarried and childless.
Halldór Tryggvi was the son of Kristján Jónsson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir of Tirðilmýri at Snæfjallaströnd. He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba, alone, in 1910, at age 14 years. Stefanía Stefánsdóttir from Staðarhól in Saurbæ in Dalasýsla received the boy and took care of him. She may have invited him west. He was considered to have a unique talent, a great performer.