• Knud and his sister Maren arrived in New York on 15 June 1863 via the ship The B.S. Kimball. A history written by Knud's daughter documents that they both continued on in the 1863 William B. Preston Company.

William B. Preston Company (1863)

• Age at Departure: 20
• Head of Household

Sources

• Denmark, Select Baptisms, 1618-1923
• "Knud Petersen," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.