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

William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 37
• Head of Household

Sources

• “Deaths,” Deseret Evening News, 23 January 1890.
• Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856,  5.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Salt Lake County, Utah, Death records, 1849-1917.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
• Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
• W. B. Hodgetts Company report, 1856.