• Captain of 5th Ten; Chaplain. His name is listed as "Louirtz Louritzen" in the Ephraim resident's account. He came with his wife, Ida age 21, his son John Lauritz an infant. They came on the ship "Franklin". 

Christian A. Madsen Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 27
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1880 Utah Census.
• “91-Year-Old Pioneer is Ephraim’s Oldest Resident,” Deseret News/Church Section , 9 Mar. 1935, 8.
• "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• Find a Grave
• Jens C. A. Weibye, reminiscences and journal, circa 1862 in Orson B. West typescript collection, circa 1982-1987, 281-333.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Scandinavian Mission, Manuscript History and Historical Reports