• His step-father "Niels Christensen Mortensen," traveled to the United States ahead him and his mother and siblings. However, they reunited with him for the journey across the plains. He was listed as "Christen Christensen (aged 14)," in the company manifest and as "Christen Christiansen" in the Mormon Migration ship manifest. He was listed as "Christine," in the ship manifest on Ancestry.com.

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 16

Sources

• 1850 Census of Hammelev, Randers, Denmark.
• Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifests, 1864.
• Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.