• Evidence from emigration records and the birth of a child in Wyoming in September 1856 proves the Larsen family traveled to Utah in 1856. The parish register lists his birth as Johan Laursen.  He came with his brothers, Christian and Lars. He also came with his wife, Ane Katrine Jorgensen and children Christina Margrete, Sarah and John. A son Joseph was born on the trail.

  John's obituary describes the family's travel in the Hodgetts Company, including the birth and death of their son Joseph.  

  The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.

William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• 1870 Utah Census.
• 1880 Utah Census.
• 1900 Utah Census.
• Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
• Find a Grave
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 5.
• "Obituary Notes," Deseret Weekly, 8 June 1895, 800.
• Parish Register of Grejs, Vejle, Denmark.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 330.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
• W. B. Hodgetts Company report, 1856.