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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 July 1834
Death Date
13 October 1874
Gender
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Carl Christian Peterson

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  • Carl initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the John E. Forsgren Company in 1853 as indicated in the Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigration Company.  He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

    At the end of a mission, he traveled home in 1861 with an unknown company according to New FamilySearch/Family Tree. 

    In some sources his name is spelled “Petersen” or "Pedersen."

John E. Forsgren Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Company Unknown (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 26

Sources

  • Manuscript history of the John E. Forsgren Emigrating Company, circa 1930, 18-35.