• She was listed as Ella Nilson in sources.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 22
• Died en Route

Sources

• Danish Parish Records
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53.
• 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.
• Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
• Peder Madsen diary, 1856 April-September translated by Don H. Smith, 19-29.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 228.