• He traveled on the ship John J. Boyd in 1855 with his siblings: Andrew, Niels, Annie, and Jacobine.

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 23
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• 1880 Utah Census.
• Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
• Find a Grave
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• "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.
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• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 334.
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