• Evidence from emigration and church records proves that the Nielsen family traveled to Utah in 1862. Family records place them in the Madsen company.

Christian A. Madsen Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 26

Sources

• Allphin, Jolene, e-mail communication, 18 Aug. 2011.
• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• Fairview Ward, General Minutes.
• Utah Death Certificates.  
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.