• His given name is "Nielson" on the company roster, and "Niels" on the 1855 John J. Boyd ship register and he is shown on the register with Anne Anderson (16)

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 22
• Head of Household

Sources

• Genealogy and Family Pioneer History.  Mount Pleasant Historical Association
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 September 1856, 2.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.