• The family sailed to America in 1861 on the ship Monarch of the Sea.  The ship manifest shows his name as "Palle Thomassen."

  He was traveling with his wife, children, and step-son. The reminiscence of his daughter, Martina, infers that the entire family made the overland trip together.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1861)

• Age at Departure: 33
• Head of Household

Sources

• "Died," Salt Lake Herald, 14 March 1882, [8].
• Martina Thompson, Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America