• James' name is listed as "Jens Chr. Christensen" on the ship manifest ("Franklin") and Scandinavian Mission records. The family later changed their surname to "Petersen." Records indicate that Niels P. later changed the family surname to "Peterson."

Christian A. Madsen Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 7

Sources

• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• Lars P. Petersen, Record Book, Circa 1862-1880 (MS 8788, Reel 1)