• The family sailed to America in 1853 on the ship Forest Monarch. 

  The original spelling of their surname is "Bendtsen," and some sources their surname is spelled "Bentzen."

John E. Forsgren Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 58

Sources

• Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company, circa 1930, 18-35.
• Rebaptisms in Great Salt Lake Valley: 1847-1854, 1858-1863 [Index].
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America