• Niels was labeled as traveling with his family on the list of immigrants published in Deseret News. This included his wife, Anne Hansen Larsen, and their son, Hans Peter Larsen. They crossed the ocean by way of the ship Monarch of the Sea and then continued their westward journey as part of the John Smith company. On the ship passenger list, his name was written "Nils."

John Smith Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 40
• Head of Household

Sources

• John P. R. Johnson diary, 1864 July-September, 11.
• "List of Immigrants," Deseret News, 12 October 1864, 13.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.