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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 August 1814
Death Date
Unknown
Gender
Male

Nils Hansen

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Find this person in Mormon Migration
  • The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.   The ship manifest shows his name as "Niels Hansen."  The family left the company at Council Bluffs.  

James G. Willie Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 41
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Anna Catherine Hansen (Age: 42)

Sources

  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, 5.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
  • Peder Madsen diary, 1856 April-September translated by Don H. Smith, 19-29.