“Another company of emigrating Saints (16 souls) left Copenhagen, emigrating to Utah, in charge of the following Elders who returned to their homes in Zion: Michael Sorensen and Hans Severin Rasmussen of Salt Lake City, Erick Gillen, of South Cottonwood, Bengt Mathias Ravsten of Clarkston and Peter Jensen of Mantua, Utah.” [HSM, 352-353]

“Thursday, August 20. . . . The steamship ‘City of Rome’ sailed from Glasgow, Scotland,
with 26 Saints on board, bound for Utah. The company consisted of 19 emigrants (4 from the British and 15 from the Scandinavian Mission) and 7 returning Elders, namely, Erick Gillen, Bengt M. Ravsten, Michael Sorenson, John Anderson, Peter Jenson, Hans S. Rasmussen, and Joseph R. Meservy. (Orig. Doc.)” [BMMH, 1896]. (source abbreviations)