• He is listed on the ship passenger list as "Christian Petersen." His surname is sometimes spelled "Poulson" in various sources.

Christian A. Madsen Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 13

Sources

• "Accident Fatal To Chris. Poulson," Richfield Reaper, 19 Aug. 1815, 1.
• Biography of Paul Poulsen, circa 1950.
• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• "Pioneer Funeral Held," The Herald-Republican , 22 Aug. 1915, 8.
• Weibye, Jens Christian Andersen, Reminiscences, 21-26, in Reminiscences and journals [ca. 1862]-1893, reel 1, box 1, fd. 4.