• He came to America on the ship John J. Boyd in 1855 with his wife, Abalona, and children: Anne Marie, Jorgen, and Anne. Jorgen died at sea and Anne died in St. Louis. 

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 53
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• 1870 Utah Census.
• "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 September 1856, 1.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America