• He came with his wife, Maren and children, Ove and Karen on the ship, Humboldt in1862.  Included in the passenger lists were his step-children: Christian, Frederick, Jens and Maren Christine. A notation is made on the passenger list: Christian Ovesen came with the Lars Petersen family. 

John Riggs Murdock Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 54
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1880 Utah Census.
• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93.
• Macdonald, A. F. to R. R. Anderson, Telegram, 3 Aug. 1876, St. George, in Brigham Young, Office files 1832-1878, box 12, vol. 3.
• Memmott, Thomas, Thomas Memmott Journal , ed. H. Kirk Memmott, 2 vols. [1976], 1:81-91.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 509.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America