• The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 32

Sources

• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 November 1856, 27.
• Peder Madsen diary, 1856 April-September translated by Don H. Smith, 19-29.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 224.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America