- Birth Date
- 24 June 1807
- Death Date
- 2 November 1856
- Gender
- Male
Peter Madsen
The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.
His surname is spelled "Marsen" in Deseret News.
James G. Willie Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 49
- Head of Household
- Died en Route
Traveled with
Sources
- "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
- James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, 5.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
- Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 222.