.: Nygard

Joseph Nygard

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Joseph A. Nygard was of Swedish/Finnish decent and was born around 1873. He immigrated to the United States in 1892 and settled in Worcester, MA. He married Anna Hendrickson Nygard sometime around 1896. It is unknown for sure whether they were married in the U.S. or Sweden.

According to the birth record of Carl V. Nygard, it is unknown what town in Sweden they immigrated from. Joseph Nygard was a carpenter by trade who worked in the shipyard and subway system somewhere in the Kearney Town, Hudson County, New Jersey area. He did become a naturalized citizen in 1900 and was tall in stature.

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The photograph to the right is of Joseph's grandson Carl Nygard.