• Niels, his wife Maren and their youngest daughter Christiana crossed the Atlantic on the ship "Consignment" in 1863. This fact, plus evidence from Perpetual Emigrating Fund records and Niels' obituary proves that the Bertelsens crossed the plains in 1863 but these records do not name the pioneer company with which they traveled.  Additional research is needed. 

  He came on the ship, Consignment in 1863 with his wife, Maren and child Christiane and Christen (unknown relationship)

Company Unknown (1863)

• Age at Departure: 54
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
• "Died," Deseret News, 6 October 1875, 571.
• Genealogy and Family Pioneer History. Mount Pleasant Historical Association
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].
• Utah Cemetery Inventory
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.