ID: 15543
Date of birth : 1882
Date of death : 1963
Jón Tryggvason Photo: VÍÆ IV
Jón Tryggvason was born at Langanes in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 22, 1882. He died in Los Angeles on April 3, 1963.
Spouse: Ethel Griffith, Irish descent, d. September 5, 1963.
Childless.
Jón was the son of Tryggvi Jónsson and his first wife, María Gunnlaugsdóttir who died in Iceland on June 1, 1889. Jón came west in 1893 with his father and his second wife, Rósa Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir. Jón was a goldsmith and worked in Billings, Montana and later in California.