• surname is "Bentzin" in Journal History; from Zealand; the 1855 John J. Boyd ship registers shows Niels with his wife, Dorthea and children Flora C. (3), and Peter W. (infant)

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 33

Sources

• Christiansen, Frederick Julius. Personal History of Frederick Julius Christiansen, 25 December 1916.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 September 1856, 4.
• Our Pioneer Heritage, vol. 10, 133.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.