• He traveled with his mother, Grethe. Jacob is listed on the 1856 Thornton ship register with Grethe and Johan. His name was included on the company roster found in Journal History. His birth and death date are confirmed by the inscriptions on his gravestone.

William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 1

Sources

• Find a Grave
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 6.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 222.