X-Nico

2 unusual facts about First white child


First white child

Nada Burnham (May 1894 – May 19, 1896), daughter of the celebrated American scout Frederick Russell Burnham, was the first white child born in Bulawayo and died of fever and starvation during the Siege of Bulawayo in the Second Matabele War.

Generally known to his contemporaries as Snorri Gudrídsson, as his mother outlived his father, he was born in Vinland, making him the first European documented to be born in North America.



see also