• Ellen arrived in New York on 15 February 1856 via the ship John J. Boyd. British Mission records (as found in Mormon Migration) show that she was coming from Zealand, Denmark and seem to indicate she was traveling with four teenagers (Niels Madsen, Ann Madsen, Jacobine Madsen, and Hans P. Jensen.), three of which appear close to her name on Canute company records as well. Her birth year is extrapolated from the age given on ship an overland company records. Further research is needed to identify exactly who she was.

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 34

Sources

• 2nd Company of 50 report, 1856 June.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 September 1856, 1.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.