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Osten &
Aase Sondresson Bakka The following pages describe the unfortunate events of Osten & Aase Sondresson and their children after they migrated in 1837 to the Beaver Creek Settlement near the Illinois/Indiana border. Their first spring there, malaria spread through the settlement killing a large number of the settlers. Osten & Aase Sondresson Bakka, and possibly one daughter (Margit), were among the dead. The epidemic and numerous deaths in the settlement caused panic Those that remained fled for their lives. In the confusion, the six orphans of Osten & Aase were separated, some never to see each other again. The Orphans: |