Kari Sanderson
Margit
Sanderson
Ellen
Sanders
Harriet
Sanders
Sondra
Sanders, Sr.
Asse
Sanderson
Ole
Sanderson
Margit (Margaret) Sanderson
The missing orphans of Osten & Aase Sondresson
Margit, or as later she was known as
Margaret, was born November 27, 1820 on Bakkajord in
Tinn, Telemark, Norway. She was seventeen at the time of
her leaving with her family for America. On the ship
manifest she is listed as "Margareth" a ten
year old female. The spelling of her name and exact age
is undoubtedly the error of the ship's captain.
Little is known of this child from
existing records of this family. She appears to have been
a victim of the Beaver Creek malaria epidemic of
1837-1838. It is traditionally rumored within our family
that she died in Beaver Creek during that winter. From
all information ans sources available to us it would
appear that she died in Beaver Creek along with her
parents. If, given the assumption, that she did survive
that winter and the malaria she would have been adopted
out to some family and taken to an unknown location. No
trace of her has been found and she has been lost to
history.