• Evidence that he came in 1857 is confirmed in information found in Church financial records. He traveled with his wife, Maren, and their son, Rasmus on the ship, Westmoreland in 1857. Also his mother, Karen Marie Hansen Andersen, traveled with them.

Christian Christiansen Company (1857)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• 1880 Utah Census.
• 1910 Idaho Census
• Christensen, Phyllis, "Mads Christensen, 1825-1914," 5-7.
• "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
• Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13 September 1857, 25.
• Missionary Record Index