Norwegian Emigrant Database

Passenger Information

Name: Maria Bjørnsdatter

Age: 20

Gender: f

Remarks: Steerage

Ship: Bark Benedicte

Year: 1849

Captain: With jr.

Departure: Drammen - June 8

Arrival: New York - Aug. 22

Source: arr. no. 1176 — Transcribed by Børge Solem - 2001

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Additional information

Christina Engelbart (19.12.2014)

Full name Anne Marie Bjørnsdatter from Lom, she married fellow passenger #8 Morton Munson from Helgerud. My great great grandparents. The story the family told was they met and married on board. Is there a ship's log that would note marriages performed by the captain? Reference http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/48730576/person/12925417403

Christina Engelbart (22.03.2016)

Anne Marie Bjørnsdatter #16 is an orphan traveling with her father's sister Nille Johannesdatter family including her husband Jon Oleson Bergum #12 and children Berthe Marie #13, Johan Wittus Benedictus Bergum #14, and adopted daughter Marthe Larsdatter #15. Wittus was born during this crossing and named after the ship and ship's captain. After landing in NY, they head straight to Dane County, WI.

Reference: "History of Vernon County" 1884 pp.485-486 outlines a brief account of their journey

Christina Engelbart (28.02.2017)

Anne Marie and Morton Munson Helgerud marry in 1850 and settle in Akan, Richland Co, Wisconsin.

Sources:
1. Bok om Land Vol. IV "The Emigration to America from Nordre and Søndre Land, 1839-1915," by Arvid Sandaker 1973, translation 2002;
2. "History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin" - Union Publishing Co. 1884 - Chapter 19 - Town of Akan http://www.usgenweb.info/wirichland/books/chap19.htm

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