• born in Klemenster Parish, Bornholm, Denmark; some sources list his surname as "Peterson" and given name as "Samuel". Birth date is confirmed by his birth in the parish register.

John E. Forsgren Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 27

Sources

• 1900 Utah Census.
• Anthon H. Lund, Scandinavian Jubilee Album (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1900).
• Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company, circa 1930, 18-35.
• Parish Register of Klemenster, Bornholm, Denmark.
• Rebaptisms in Great Salt Lake Valley: 1847-1854 : index.