• 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

Sources

• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• 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.
• Rogerson, Josiah. "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, [5].