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Anna Margarethe Thomsen
1840 - 1917 (77 years)-
Name Anna Margarethe Thomsen Nickname Maggie Birth 27 May 1840 Sonderberg, Denmark 
Gender Female Death 21 Jun 1917 Banning, Riverside, California Burial Banning, Riverside, California Person ID I47262 Scudder Last Modified 25 Mar 2013
Family Christopher Francis Jost, b. 12 Jun 1846, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 31 Oct 1936, Banning, Riverside, California (Age 90 years) Marriage 7 Jan 1878 San Bernardino, Riverside, California Children 1. Francis Christopher Jost, b. 7 Sep 1879, Banning, Riverside, California d. 2 Jan 1937 (Age 57 years)2. Burton Cranswick Jost, b. 19 Jun 1881, Banning, Riverside, California d. 15 Nov 1972, Banning, Riverside, California (Age 91 years)3. George Marshall Jost, b. 26 Oct 1883, Banning, Riverside, California d. 17 May 1938, Banning, Riverside, California (Age 54 years)4. John Jefferson Jost, b. 24 Mar 1886, California d. 29 May 1946, Riverside county, California (Age 60 years)Family ID F16820 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Marguerite lived in the Danish duchy of Schleswig as a child. In the 1840’s Schleswig and its neighbor, Holstein, were both ruled by Denmark, but Holstein had close ties to Germany. The majority of the population of Holstein spoke German, while Schleswig was divided, the north favoring Denmark and the south favoring German rule.
Margarethe and and her first husband, George, sailed to Australia on the ship Johannes and arrived March 1859. Gold was discovered in the early 1850's in Australia. The sea voyage was long and treacherous, lasting three or four months. By 1852, immigrants from Europe and from the disappointing Californian rushes swelled the numbers trudging the rough tracks to the diggings. George was listed as a miner on the Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
When the gold rush slowed down, the family sailed for California in March of 1861, on board the ship Iconium, a 3 masted, square-rigged ship of 549.5 tons. It had been built in 1847 in Alna (near Rockland), Maine. The passenger list showed that the family sailed as steerage. They arrived in San Francisco on June 7.
Because Margarethe suffered from asthma, the family doctor recommended that she move to the Mojave Desert. In 1872, she and her third husband, Hans, moved to the San Gorgonio Pass, near the present location of Banning, and began raising cattle and sheep. The town of Banning was not then in existence. They may have followed Hans' brother, Anton there.
- Marguerite lived in the Danish duchy of Schleswig as a child. In the 1840’s Schleswig and its neighbor, Holstein, were both ruled by Denmark, but Holstein had close ties to Germany. The majority of the population of Holstein spoke German, while Schleswig was divided, the north favoring Denmark and the south favoring German rule.