• The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton, and the ship manifest shows his name as "Peder Jacobsen."

  His death certificate also shows his surname as "Jacobsen."

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 29
• Head of Household

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.
• 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.
• "Pine Valley. Handcart Veteran Called," Deseret Evening News , 25 Feb. 1907.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America