• Daughter of Niels and Anne Sorensen. She traveled with her family. They crossed the ocean by way of the ship Monarch of the Sea and then continued their journey as part of the John Smith Company. In 1870, the Sorensen family lived together in Utah. 

  Her name was recorded on her death certificate was "Margaretta Peterson."

John Smith Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 16

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.