• The family sailed to America in 1859 on the ship William Tapscott.  The family consisted of: father, Lars, mother: Maren, and children: Johanna Marie,  Johanne, Maren, Martine and Mauritz. 

  The ship manifest shows their surname as "Mauritzen."

Robert F. Neslen Company (1859)

• Age at Departure: 7

Sources

• Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891.
• Parish Register of Vrejlev, Hjorring, Denmark.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885.